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Vice-President  of  the  FOO  &  WING 
HERB  COMPANY,  a  valued  member  of 
this  progressive  and  influential  incorpora- 
tion, also  a  graduate  of  the  Imperial  Med- 
ical College  at  Pekin. 


T.  FOO  YUEN 


President  of  the  FOO  &  WING  HERB 
COMPANY,  Ex-Official  Physician  to  the 
Emperor  of  China,  graduate  of  the  Imperial 
Medical  College  at  Pekin,  widely  known 
from  his  longhand  successful  business  career 
in^Southern  California, 


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TREATISE  NO.  SIX  INVALUABLE  TO  INVALIDS 

COMPLIMENTS  OP 

Foo  &  WING  HERB  Co. 

903  S.  Olive  St.    Us  Angela- 

THE  SCIENCE  OF 

ORIENTAL  MEDICINE 

ITS  PRINCIPLES  AND  METHODS 

=  COMPRISING  = 

BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES  OF  ITS  LEADING  PRACTI- 
TIONERS,  ITS  TREATMENT  OF  VARIOUS  PREVALENT 
DISEASES,  USEFUL  INFORMATION  ON  MATTERS 
OF  DIET,  EXERCISE  AND  HYGIENE 


ALTH 


COMPILED  BY  THE  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

INCORPORATED 


Copyright   1902,  by  W.  A.  HALLOWELL,  Jr. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


CHAPTER  I — Introductory  information A  brief  explanation  of  the 

principles  and  methods  of  the  Oriental  system   of  medicine 

The   use   of   non-poisonous   herbal   remedies Diagnosis  by  the 

pulse. ..  .Some  comparisons  with  other  systems.    Pages  7  to  20. 

CHAPTER  II — Instruction  on  diet  and  hygiene Bills  of  fare  rec- 
ommended ....  Special  rules  of  diet  for  certain  diseases Diet  in 

health How  the  body  derives  sustenance  from  foodi Direc- 
tions for  cooking Valuable  recipes  for  the  preparation  of  food 

for  invalids.     Pages  20  to  72. 

CHAPTER  III — Information  for  patrons  and  inquirers Suggestions 

on  securing  and   preserving  health ....  Some  handy  remedies.... 
Easy  but  useful  exercises.     Pages  72  to  87. 

CHAPTER  IV — Tom  Foo  Yuen,  President  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb 
Company His  diplomas  and  other  credentials A  brief  bio- 
graphical sketch ....  His  career  in  Southern  California Testi- 
monials from  patrons  and  friends ....  His  plan  for  a  college  of 
Oriental  medicine  in  America.  Pages  87  to  113. 

CHAPTER  V— Tom  Leong,  vice-president  of  the  Foo  &  Wing  Herb 

Company A  brief  sketch  of  his  life  and  education.     Pages  113 

to  121. 

CHAPTER  VI — Some  topics  of  Oriental  medicine Anatomy  from 

the   Chinese   point  of   view The   medical   profession   in  China 

....The     herbal     remedies. ..  .Vivisection     among    the     Chinese. 
Pages  121  to  150. 

CHAPTER  VII — The  diseases  of  women Testimonials.     Pages  150 

to  168. 

CHAPTER  VIII — Treatment  of  colds,  malaria  and  paralysis Testi- 
monials. Pages  168  to  190. 

CHAPTER  IX — Treatment  of  asthma,  consumption  and  hemorrhages 
Testimonials.  Pages  190  to  208. 

CHAPTER  X — Treatment  of  cancers,  abscesses,  eczema,  catarrh, 
bronchitis,  rheumatism,  neuralgia  and  heart  troubles Testi- 
monials  A  concise  discussion  of  Oriental  medicine.  Pages 

208  to  246. 

CHAPTER  XI — Treatment  of  piles  or  hemorrhoids,  diphtheria,  throat 
troubles,  injuries  to  bones  and  cases  usually  supposed  to  require 
surgical  treatment Testimonials.  Pages  246  to  263. 

CHAPTER  XII — Diseases  of  the  eye Cure  of  the  liquor  habit 

Appendicitis,  its  causes  and  cure.    Pages  263  to  296. 


MNDING 


INTRODUCTION. 


This  book  is  offered  to  the  public  in  the  belief  that  it  discusses 
matters  of  general  interest  and  of  vital  importance  to  every  family 
that  it  may  reach.  The  subject  of  health  is  always  interesting,  and 
is  uppermost  in  the  thoughts  of  many  people.  Those  who  are  not 
invalids  will  find  in  these  pages  several  articles  which  are  valuable 
as  the  productions  of  an  educated  Chinaman,  and  contain  suggestions 
in  reference  to  health  and  the  care  of  the  body  which  are  worth  while 
for  any  one  to  consider  and  to  remember.  The  old  adage  that  an 
ounce  of  prevention  is  worth  a  pound  of  cure  applies  to  no  other  phase 
of  human  existence  so  fittingly  as  to  the  preservation  of  mental  and 
bodily  vigor.  There  are  suggestions  here  which,  if  followed,  may  save 
years  of  suffering  and  regret. 

Unfortunately,  the  great  majority  of  the  American  people  have 
already  realized  in  their  own  experience,  when  too  late,  that  it  is 
much  easier  to  keep  health  than  to  regain  it  when  once  lost.  Our 
ways  of  life,  filled  with  the  excitements  of  pleasure,  of  society  and  of 
money-getting,  bring  the  bitter  with  the  sweet,  and  we  have  to  pay 
for  our  nineteenth-century  enjoyments  not  only  in  the  coin  of  the 
realm,  but  in  a  thousand  pains  and  aches  through  which  nature  takes 
revenge  for  the  innumerable  small  violations  of  her  laws.  She  has  a 
summary  way  of  inflicting  her  penalties  in  every  case,  that  would 
teach  the  world  better  things  were  it  not  for  the  regretable,  but  unde- 
niable, fact  that  nobody  learns  anything  except  through  personal  expe- 
rience, which  usually  comes  too  late. 

Recovery  of  lost  health  is  an  uphill  struggle,  and  the  worst  fea- 
ture of  it  is  that  the  means  usually  employed  are  things  that  we  so 
thoroughly  dislike,  bitter,  nauseous  doses,  that  we  would  be  afraid  to 
take  in  health,  but  are  compelled  to  swallow  in  sickness,  when  one 
would  naturally  suppose  that  they  would  do  us  the  most  harm.  It  is  an 


odd  thing,  if  you  will  stop  to  think  of  it,  that,  just  as  soon  as  a  man  is 
taken  ill,  he  is  compelled,  or  at  least  advised,  to  take  into  his  stomach 
some  substance  dug  out  of  a  mine  or  distilled  from  a  poisonous  plant. 
This  does  not  seem  rational,  but  it  is  the  established  custom. 

The  Chinese  never  fell  into  this  way  of  medical  practice.  For 
centuries  the  use  of  all  minerals  and  of  all  poisonous  herbs  or  other 
substances  has  been  forbidden  by  law  in  the  Flowery  Kingdom,  and, 
with  the  off-hand  ways  of  trial  and  punishment  in  vogue  in  that 
country,  it  would  have  been  all  a  man's  life  was  worth  to  prescribe 
opium,  arsenic  or  any  similar  substance.  The  result  is  that  a  system 
of  medicine  has  been  practised  in  China  for  centuries  which  depends 
for  its  results  solely  upon  strictly  non-poisonous  substances.  In  the 
opinion  of  the  writer,  the  marvelous  results  attained  by  this  system 
of  medicine  is  due  largely  to  this  fact,  and  perhaps  also  to  the  pecu- 
liar method  of  diagnosis  employed,  through  which  the  physician 
judges  of  the  patient's  condition  through  the  pulse  alone.  The  deli- 
cacy of  touch  and  the  quickness  of  perception  attained  by  experts  in 
this  system  is  something  simply  marvelous  and  can  be  appreciated 
only  by  a  personal  experience. 

Some  of  the  following  articles  have  been  printed  in  the  news- 
papers of  Los  Angeles  and  are  here  presented  in  convenient  form  for 
preservation  and  reference.  Those  who  desire  to  know  more  of  this 
method  of  healing  than  is  here  presented  are  cordially  invited  to  call 
at  the  office  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  at  No.  903  South 
Olive,  this  city,  for  a  free  consultation,  diagnosis  by  the  pulse,  and 
opinion.  You  will  find  ladies  and  gentlemen  of  your  own  race  in 
attendance  and  ready  to  offer  every  assistance.  There  is  nothing 
hidden  about  this  company,  but  the  fullest  investigation  is  cordially 
invited. 


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CHAPTER  L 

INTRODUCTORY    INFORMATION. 

Some  Facts  About  the  Oriental  System  of  Medicine — Its  History  and 

Principles. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  who  do  not  understand  the  principles 
underlying  the  true  Oriental  system  of  medicine,  as  practiced  in  China, 
its  use  of  herbal  remedies  and  its  theories  of  disease  and  anatomy, 
its  method  of  diagnosis,  its  treatment  and  care  of  patients,  we  shall 
offer  a  brief  discussion  of  the  principles  upon  which  this  system  is 
based,  and  shall  tell  something  of  its  history  and  the  reasons  for  its 
existence  and  adoption  by  the  great  Chinese  nation.  Some  of  the 
earliest  mentions  of  Chinese  medicine  are  found  in  an  article  upon 
China  contained  in  the  revised  edition  of  the  Encyclopedia  Britannica, 
an  authority  which  no  one  will  dispute,  from  which  we  quote  as 
follows : 

"  The  spacious  seat  of  ancient  civilization  which  we  call  China  has 
loomed  always  so  large  to-  western  eyes,-  and  has,  in  spite  of  the  dis- 
tance, subtended  so  large  an  angle  of  vision  that,  at  eras  far  apart, 
we  find  it  to  have  been  distinguished  by  different  appellations,  accord- 
ing as  it  was  reached  by  the  southern  sea  route  or  by  the  northern 
land  route,  traversing  the  longitude  of  Asia.  In  the  former  aspect, 
the  name  has  nearly  always  been  some  form  of  the  name  Sin,  Chin, 
Sina,  China.  In  the  latter  point  of  view,  the  region  in  question  was 
known  to  the  ancients  as  the  land  of  Seres;  to  the  middle  ages  as  the 
Empire  of  Cathey.  (Page  1539). 

"  Cathey  is  the  name  by  which  the  Chinese  Empire  was  known 
to  mediaeval  Europe,  and  is  in  its  original  form  (Kitai)  that  by  which 
China  is  still  known  in  Russia  and  to  most  of  the  nations  of  Central 
Asia.  (Page  1540). 


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"  The  notice  of  Rubruk  runs  thus:  'Further  on  is  great  Cathey, 
which  I  take  to  be  the  country  which  was  anciently  called  the  Land 
of  the  Seres,  for  the  best  silk  stuffs  are  still  got  from  them.  The  sea 
lies  between  it  and  India.  Those  Cathayans  are  little  fellows,  speak- 
ing much  through  the  nose,  as  in  general  with  all  those  Eastern 
people,  their  eyes  are  very  narrow.  They  are  first-rate  artists  in 
every  kind  of  manufacture,  and  their  physicians  have  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  virtue  of  herbs,  and  an  admirable  skill  in  diagnosing 
by  the  pulse.' " 

Now  Rubruk,  quoted  above  by  the  Encyclopedia  Britannica,  was  a 
celebrated  traveler  of  the  twelfth  century.  The  evidence  is  undis- 
puted, and  it  necessarily  follows  that  in  the  twelfth  century,  the 
Chinese  were  practicing  their  herbal  system  of  medicine,  were  diag- 
nosing diseases  by  their  pulse  diagnosis,  a  method  entirely  distinct 
from  that  practiced  in  Europe  at  that  time  or  since,  and  were  very 
skillful  in  the  treatment  of  disease.  It  is  needless  to  ask  what  was 
the  state  of  medicine  in  Europe  at  that  time.  All  students  of  history 
are  aware  that  it  was  in  a  very  primitive  and  barbarous  condition. 
The  Chinese,  therefore,  had  their  system  perfected  and  in  successful 
operation  long  before  there  were  doctors  in  Europe  worthy  of  the 
name,  and  centuries  before  the  discovery  of  America. 

Such  was  the  report  of  Chinese  civilization  and  particularly  of 
Chinese  medicine  brought  back  by  Rubruk,  the  daring  adventurer  and 
explorer  who  had  ventured  into  strange  and  unknown  lands.  But 
Chinese  civilization  was  old  when  Rubruk  saw  it — ^centuries  old,  and 
Chinese  medicine  was  as  old  as  Chinese  civilization.  In  fact,  this 
system  was  spread  throughout  Asia  at  least  3000  years  ago.  Hence 
it  was  more  than  2000  years  old  when  Rubruk  saw  it  and  recorded  the  ' 
results  of  his  observations,  and  the  peculiar  thing  about  it  is  that  it 
has  been  consistent  and  unchanging  from  the  beginning. 

When  the  Chinese  commenced  to  study  medicine  they  went  at 
once  to  the  root  of  the  different  questions  involved  by  practicing  vivi- 
section. Thousands  of  condemned  criminals  were  taken  and  cut  to 
pieces  for  the  benefit  of  the  living.  In  this  way  the  functions  of  the 
vital  organs,  such  as  the  kidneys,  the  liver,  the  stomach,  the  spleen 
and  the  heart  were  studied  in  the  living  person.  The  intensely 
important  questions  involved  in  the  digestion  of  foods  were  deter- 
mined as  well  as  the  effects  of  different  drugs.  These  investigations, 
made  while  the  man  was  still  alive,  were  a  thousand  times  more 


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thorough  and  reliable  than  the  guesswork  which  civilized  physicians 
have  practiced  for  many  years  by  cutting  up  the  bodies  of  dead  men, 
when  heat,  motion  and  life  are  gone,  and  death  has  destroyed  every 
function.  Another  important  point  established  in  this  way  was  that 
the  pulsations  at  three  different  points  on  each  wrist  show  the  condi- 
tion of  the  vital  organs  of  the  human  body,  a  fact  which  is  the  basis 
of  the  pulse  method  of  diagnosis.  According  to  our  ideas  vivisection 
is  very  cruel,  but  .-  is  not  necessary  for  us  to  discuss  this  phase  of 
the  subject  except  to  say  that  3000  years  ago  human  life  in  any  part 
of  the  world  was  held  much  cheaper  than  it  is  today  in  America.  It 
may  be  questioned,  moreover,  whether  vivisection  was  any  more  cruel 
than  the  methods  of  execution  in  vogue  not  so  many  hundred  years 
ago  in  England,  when  men  were  hanged,  drawn  and  quartered,  burned 
at  the  stake,  and  put  to  death  in  many  other  cruel  ways. 

The  benefits  of  the  practice,  from  a  medical  point  of  view,  cannot 
be  denied.  In  fact,  high  medical  authorities  in  this  country  and  in 
Europe  have  earnestly  advocated  its  practice,  within  recent  years. 
One  of  these  men  is  Professor  Pyle,  of  the  medical  coltege  at  Canton, 
Ohio,  who  recently  presented  a  bill  before  the  legislature  of  that  state 
permitting  the  vivisection  of  criminals  condemned  to  death  for  the 
benefits  of  science  and  humanity.  Dr.  Pyle,  in  his  argument  in  sup- 
port of  this  bill,  proposed  to  do  exactly  what  the  Chinese  did  centuries 
ago.  He  stated  that  he  would  expose  the  stomach  of  the  condemned 
and  study  the  action  of  foods  and  liquids  and  of  drugs.  In  this  way 
definite  results  would  be  reached,  and  we  would  understand  exactly 
many  processes  which,  like  the  growing  of  a  blade  of  grass,  are  mat- 
ters of  every  day  experience,  yet  are  hidden  deep  beyond  the  limit  of 
human  understanding.  In  fact,  this  is  acknowledged  to  be  the  only 
way  of  arriving  at  a  correct  knowledge  of  these  subjects,  the 
importance  of  which  is  perhaps  greater  than  that  of  any  others  which 
concern  the  human  race.  But  it  is  needless  to  say  that  no  legislature 
has  ever  granted  permission  to  vivisect  criminals,  and  it  is  doubtful 
whether  any  legislature  ever  will.  Americans  know  nothing  of  the 
action  of  the  medicines  which  they  take  into  their  stomachs  except  by 
final  effects.  They  can  tell  what  the  medicines  do,  but  not  how  they 
do  it,  and  they  are  ignorant  whether  the  process,  in  many  cases,  as  a 
whole,  is  a  benefit  or  an  injury.  Consequently  everybody  distrusts 
medicine  and  doctors,  although  compelled  by  the  greater  fear  of  death 
to  take  medicines  and  to  employ  doctors. 


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The  Chinese,  having  made  thorough  investigations  by  means  of 
vivisection,  laid  down  the  law  at  the  start  that  no  poisonous  drugs 
whatever,  and  no  minerals  should  be  employed  in  the  practice  of 
medicine.  This  law  has  ever  since  been  rigidly  enforced.  Invariable 
respect  for  this  principle  has  prevailed,  and  no  authenticated .  Chinese 
physician  would  think  of  prescribing  opium,  mercury  or  any  similar 
substance.  Through  centuries  of  teaching  the  common  people  have 
also  been  educated  to  a  horror  of  these  so-called  medicinal  sub- 
stances. And  the  result  is  that  they  are  not  used  at  all  in  Chinese 
medicine. 

The  theory  of  Chinese  medicine,  in  general,  is  that  a  substance 
which  can  be  used  for  food  is  suitable  for  use  as  medicine,  and  that 
a  substance  which  would  be  poisonous  or  otherwise  injurious  as  food 
is  not  only  useless  as  medicine,  but  actually  hurtful.  The  Chinese 
believe  that  one  has  no  right  to  force  upon  a  sickly,  perhaps  broken- 
down  constitution,  substances  which  would  injure  sound  constitutions. 
Alcohol  is  a  poison  which  they  never  use  in  the  preparation  of  their 
remedies.  They  strive  to  strengthen  and  build  up  by  the  use  of  vege- 
table substances,  many  of  which  are  really  foods  in  special  form, 
which  are  readily  absorbed  into  the  system,  make  new  and  rich  blood, 
and  through  the  blood  nourish  and  sustain  the  body,  just  as  any 
form  of  wholesome  food  nourishes  and  sustains.  No  one  can  allege 
this  fact  of  morphine,  strychnine,  arsenic,  nux-vomica,  belladona,  aco- 
nite, digitalis  and  a  thousand  and  one  other  medicines  which  are  pre- 
scribed every  day  by  American  physicians. 

Again,  the  Chinese  do  not  believe  in  using  concentrated  medicinal 
elements  in  the  sense  that  American  physicians  employ  them.  It  is 
the  habit  of  the  latter  and  of  all  manufacturers  of  medicinal  prepara- 
tions, in  order  to  disguise  the  taste  of  the  materials  employed,  to 
present  them  in  as  concentrated  a  form  as  possible.  Therefore,  a 
little  very  powerful  medicine  is  taken  into  the  system  which  is 
expected  to  do  a  great  deal  of  work.  The  Chinese  avoid  this  extreme. 
They  do  not  attempt  to  accomplish  results  so  quickly  or  so  easily  or 
with  so  little  shock  to  the  sense  of  taste.  Everybody  takes  every  day 
a  great  deal  of  food  into  the  stomach  in  order  to  assimilate  a  com- 
paratively small  portion  of  it,  which  sustains  us  from  day  to  day. 
After  the  same  analogy  the  Chinese  give  larger  doses  of  less  concen- 
trated medicines,  and  almost  always  in  liquid  form.  This  is  absorbed 
into  the  system,  and,  without  violent  action,  but  gradually  and  surely 


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it  accomplishes  the  desired  result.  The  longest  way  around  is  often 
the  surest  way  home,  and  cures  are  frequently  accomplisned  in  a  few 
days  or  weeks  by  these  simple,  harmless,  vegetable  substances  which 
have  resisted  all  the  efforts  of  modern  medical  Science  for  months  and 
even  years. 

These  facts  are  not  stated  to  antagonize  American  physicians  or 
to  decry  their  methods  of  practice.  The  Oriental  Herbal  System  of 
Medicine  is  so  entirely  different  from  any  system  in  common  use  in 
America  that  there  can  be  no  comparison  between  them  as  to  their 
respective  merits,  and  these  references  to  the  methods  of  other  phy- 
sicians are  made  simply  to  illustrate  our  meaning  and  not  with  the 
intention  of  adverse  criticism.  The  world  is  wide,  and  there  is  room 
for  all.  We  do  not  wish  to  be  insolent  toward  others  or  unnecessarily 
incur  resentment  and  arouse  bitterness.  The  facts  speak  for 
themselves.  The  Oriental  system  has  cured  thousands  of  cases  of 
various  forms  of  disease  which  had  been  abandoned  by  other  doctors. 
This  has  been  established  beyond  the  possibility  of  dispute.  In  fact, 
we  prefer  to  treat  so-called  incurable  cases.  As  a  rule  Caucasians 
have  been  unwilling  to  consult  us  until  they  had  tried  every  other  form 
of  medical  treatment  within  their  reach.  Therefore,  it  may  be  said 
that  all  of  the  cures  which  we  have  made  have  been  of  cases  given 
up  by  other  doctors.  We  have  hundreds  of  testimonials  for  these 
cures,  and  there  are  hundreds  of  people  in  Southern  California  who 
are  now  outspoken  in  upholding  our  system  of  medicale  treatment,  and 
make  no  secret  of  the  fact  that  they  have  been  cured  by  us,  have 
confidence  in  us,  and  employ  our  methods  whenever  they  believe  them- 
selves in  need  of  medical  attention.  In  other  words,  we  have  lived  in 
Southern  California  long  enough  to  establish  a  reputation,  and  to 
secure  a  following.  This  being  true,  we  claim  a  right  to  recogni- 
tion, and  to  state  our  principles  and  to  explain  our  methods  of  practice, 
without  malice  toward  any  others. 

We  are  firm  believers  in  preventive  medicine,  in  teaching  correct 
living  and  in  checking  the  progress  of  disease  before  it  has  reached 
a  stage  to  be  dangerous  to  life  or  incurable.  To  arrest  the  progress 
of  a  disease  in  its  early  stage  is  far  better  than  to  cure  it  when  it  has 
become  chronic,  because  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is  saved  and  the 
result  is  much  more  certain.  Fewer  chances  are  taken  because  the 
patient's  vitality  is  not  so  much  impaired  and  there  is  more  to  build 
upon.  Most  people  today  are  so  afraid  of  doctors  that  they  do  not 


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seek  medical  advice  at  the  first  symptom  of  disease,  as  they  ought  to 
do.  They  let  the  trouble  run  along  because  they  do  not  want  to  be 
dosed  with  poisonous  substances,  and  the  resuit  is  that,  after  a  little, 
there  is  need  for  ten  times  the  amount  of  dosing  that  would  have 
been  required  in  the  first  place.  If  these  same  people  knew  that  they 
could  be  treated  by  harmless  vegetable  substances,  roots,  herbs, 
barks,  berries  and  flowers  similar  in  their  nature  to  substances  which 
are  eaten  every  day,  medicines  which  do  not  derange  the  stomach  or 
establish,  like  the  morphine  habit,  greater  difficulties  than  they  are 
intended  to  cure,  then  they  would  take  treatment  at  the  outset  when 
everything  is  in  favor  of  recovery,  instead  of  waiting  until  all  the 
chances  are  against  recovery;  and  the  percentage  of  cures  as  com- 
pared to  the  number  of  invalids  would  take  a  sudden  rise.  There  is 
something  wrong  in  establishing  methods  in  this  respect.  There  are 
more  doctors  than  can  find  practice,  and  each  year  brings  forth  a 
multitude  of  new  discoveries  in  practice  and  in  remedies.  Yet  the 
army  of  invalids  constantly  grows  larger,  showing  that  the  discov- 
eries, the  remedies  and  the  doctors  do  not  accomplish  what  they 
undertake.  In  our  opinion  there  are  two  principal  reasons  for  this 
deplorable  condition  of  affairs.  One  is  that  the  people  are  not  edu- 
cated to  the  value  of  preventive  medicine;  the  other  is  that  American 
physicians  have  no  correct  theories  of  the  origin  and  basis  of  life, 
and  a  very  imperfect  understanding  of  the  correct  functions  and  exact 
workings  of  the  twelve  vital  organs. 

Now,  as  to  the  position  of  the  Chinese  upon  these  two  important 
points:  In  regard  to  the  first,  the  whole  Chinese  nation  is  fully 
educated  as  to  the  value  of  preventive  medicine.  So  true  is  this  that 
the  better  class  among  the  Chinese  take  regular  courses  of  medicine, 
once  or  twice  a  year,  for  the  purpose  of  purifying  the  blood,  correct- 
ing the  digestive  powers  and  toning  up  the  system  in  general.  The 
result  is  that  they  avoid  many  attacks  of  sickness,  and  the  Chinese 
nation,  as  a  whole,  is  a  remarkably  healthy  people.  Even  the  poorest 
understand  that,  at  the  first  symptoms  of  disease,  they  must  use 
great  care  in  diet,  and  some  of  the  simple  remedies  with  which  all 
are  familiar.  A  doctor's  advice  in  China  does  not  cost  much,  where 
every  physician  of  repute  sees  from  two  hundred  to  three  hundred 
patients  a  day.  Moreover,  the  Chinese  are  not  afraid  of  the  remedies 
employed.  They  know  that  these  will  not  harm  them  under  any 
circumstances,  and  will  probably  do  them  good.  They  take  medicine 


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and  regulate  their  diet  and  manners  of  life  so  as  to  keep  well,  and  the 
result  is  that  they  are  less  often  exposed  to  the  perils  of  critical  ill- 
ness than  the  people  of  other  countries.  And  many  of  the  contagious 
diseases  so  prevalent  in  Europe  and  America,  as  consumption,  for 
example,  are  practically  unknown  in  China. 

In  reference  to  the  second  point,  we  have  already  explained  that 
vivisection  gave  the  Chinese  at  the  outset  definite  ideas  and  facts 
concerning  the  normal  functions  of  the  vital  organs,  facts  which  can- 
not be  determined  from  any  number  of  examinations  of  those  organs 
after  death,  when  their  very  substance  is  impaired  by  disease  and  the 
vitalizing  principle  which  keeps  them  in  healthful  action  has  departed 
forever  from  the  body.  The  nations  of  Europe  and  America  have 
never  had  the  benefit  of  such  observations  upon  the  living  and 
healthy  subject.  Hence  we  have  the  spectacle  of  thousands  of  learned 
men  devoting  their  lives  to  building  an  elaborate  and  costly  system 
of  medicine,  upon  the  truth  of  which  the  lives  and  health  of  millions 
of  people  depend,  upon  a  foundation  which  is  intact,  incomplete  and 
largely  the  merest  guesswork.  That  science  which  should  be  the  most 
certain  of  all  sciences  is  admittedly  the  most  wavering  and  the  most 
changeable.  Physicians  are  constantly  abandoning  established  theo- 
ries and  taking  up  with  whatever  is  new  and  untried,  and  perhaps, 
better  than  the  old.  Consequently  medicine  with  the  Caucasian  is  a 
succession  of  experiments,  while  the  Chinese  are  still  curing  disease 
by  the  methods  and  the  remedies  which  have  been  tested  for  centu 
ries. 

Take  the  spleen  for  instance.  American  physicians  do  not  hesi- 
tate to  admit  their  ignorance  of  its  action  and  functions.  In  fact, 
they  are  inclined  to  poke  fun  at  anyone  who  claims  to  know,  and 
regard  him  as  either  an  imposter  or  an  ignoramus.  Yet  it  is  evident 
that  the  spleen  must  have  been  put  into  the  human  body  for  some 
useful  purpose,  and  the  Chinese  know  what  that  purpose  is.  They 
know  that  it  is  a  very  important  factor  in  the  processes  of  digestion, 
and  they  know  just  how  it  assists  in  those  processes.  They  know 
what  remedies  will  assist  it;  something  that  the  American  doctor 
cannot  know  if  he  does  not  know  what  the  organ  is  for.  The  Chinese 
have  definite  theories  of  anatomy  in  reference  to  every  organ,  and 
their  philosophy  goes  deeper  into  many  questions  than  that  of  any 
other  nation.  Here,  again,  vivisection  set  them  right  on  the  start, 


14  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

and  they  have  never  abandoned  the  facts  which  they  discovered  in 
this  way. 

The  Oriental  method  of  diagnosis  is  by  the  pulse  alone,  three 
fingers  being  used  upon  each  wrist.  By  this  method  of  examination 
is  determined  the  condition  of  each  vital  organ,  the  derangement  of 
any  one,  or  of  all  of  them,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  the  seat  of  the 
disease.  No  other  examination  is  ever  made  except  in  case  of  exter- 
nal injury.  This  doubtless  seems  mysterious  and  impossible  to  many 
people,  but  their  doubts  can  easily  be  removed  if  they  will  make  a 
personal  test  of  the  matter.  Only  from  three  to  five  minutes  time 
is  required  for  an  expert  by  this  method  to  inform  the  person  under 
examination  of  his  good  or  ill  health,  his  weakness  or  strength,  and, 
sometimes,  of  the  location  of  the  various  pains  and  aches  which  have 
disturbed  him.  Nearly  everyone  who  has  ever  submitted  to  an  exam- 
ination by  the  pulse  has  been  greatly  surprised  by  its  results.  We 
ask  no  questions  except,  sometimes,  the  age  of  the  person,  and 
whether  married  or  single.  We  sometimes  also  look  at  the  patient's 
tongue.  No  charge  is  ever  made  for  examination  and  diagnosis. 
Patients  are  always  instructed  upon  the  correct  theory  of  diet  and 
ways  of  life,  and,  although  our  ideas  upon  these  subjects  are  new  to  the 
people  of  the  United  States,  yet  nearly  everyone  who  becomes  familiar 
with  them  at  once  recognizes  their  value.  They  appeal  to  common 
sense  and  to  universal  experience.  And  all  have  agreed  that  our 
theory  of  diet  is  far  in  advance  of  any  other  taught  upon  this  conti- 
nent. 

The  Oriental  remedies  are  usually  administered  in  the  form  of 
herb  teas.  These  teas  are  made  from  herbs  indigenous  to  Asia,  which 
are  gathered  on  the  mountains  and  in  the  valleys  of  China,  and  are 
imported  directly  by  ourselves.  More  than  3000  different  species  of 
these  herbs  are  in  use,  comprising  roots,  barks,  flowers,  leaves  and 
berries.  From  ten  to  eighteen  kinds  of  these  herbs  are  used  in  each 
prescription.  From  two  to  six  cups  of  water  are  added  and  then 
boiled  down  to  one  cup,  which  is  a  dose  for  an  adult,  and  is  drunk 
hot.  The  dose  is  varied  to  suit  the  strength  and  constitutional  power 
or  vitality  of  the  patient,  as  determined  by  pulse  examination. 
Changes  in  these  are  at  once  apparent  in  the  pulse,  and  the  effect  of 
each  dose  is  ascertained  before  another  is  administered.  This  Is 
important,  because  medicines  have  different  effects  upon  people  of  dif- 
ferent constitutional  powers.  In  serious  cases  a  daily  examination  is 


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made  as  long  as  the  patient  is  under  treatment,  but  in  less  severe 
cases,  after  the  strength  of  the  medicine  to  be  prescribed  has  once 
been  decided,  less  frequent  examinations,  say  every  other  day,  or 
once  in  three  days,  are  sometimes  sufficient.  It  is  sometimes  neces- 
sary to  give  a  test  treatment  of  a  week  or  ten  days  to  ascertain  the 
effect  the  remedies  will  have  in  a  given  case  before  we  can  decide 
whether  the  case  is  curable  or  not.  Many  cases  apparently  hopeless 
have  been  restored  to  health.  One  dose  of  medicine,  that  is,  a  full 
cup  of  tea,  a  day  is  the  usual  rule.  But  sometimes  two  doses  a  day 
are  given,  and  sometimes  the  one  cup  is  divided  into  two  doses  and 
given  at  shorter  or  longer  intervals,  according  to  circumstances. 

Nearly  all  of  the  prescriptions  are  varied  often.  It  is  rare  that 
one  runs  for  more  than  five  days  without  some  change  in  proportion, 
or  by  leaving  out  one  ingredient  or  more,  and  substituting  others. 
This  is  true  even  of  chronic  cases  which  require  treatment  from  three 
to  fifteen  months.  The  herb  teas  are  always  to  be  taken  on  an  empty 
stomach.  Sometimes  in  the  early  morning,  between  two  o'clock  and 
five,  sometimes  an  hour  or  so  before  breakfast,  dinner  or  supper,  or 
at  bedtime,  but  always  from  three  and  a  half  to  four  hours  after  a 
meal.  The  intention  is  to  have  the  stomach  empty  of  foods  so  that 
there  may  be  nothing  to  interfere  with  the  action  of  the  remedies, 
and  also  so  that  the  stomach  may  be  prepared  for  the  next  meal  by 
that  action.  We  explain  all  forms  of  food,  meats,  fruits,  vegetables, 
drinks,  cereals,  etc.,  and  show  which  are  beneficial  and  which  are 
injurious  to  our  patients  while  taking  our  remedies.  We  consider  the 
diet  that  we  prescribe  to  be  fully  as  essential  as  the  remedies,  and  we 
insist  upon  our  patrons  observing  our  bills  of  fare.  We  show  them 
that  the  success  of  the  treatment  depends  upon  this.  Medicine  is  of 
no  value  whatever  if  the  food  taken  counteracts  it,  but  the  food  and 
the  medicine  should  work  together.  Then  the  patient  gets  the  full 
nutritive  value  of  the  food  which  he  eats,  and  his  recovery  is  hastened 
rather  than  retarded. 

After  all,  success  is  the  true  test  of  the  merit  of  any  system,  and 
by  this  standard  we  are  prepared  to  compare  ours  with  any  other. 
The  results  show  that  we  have  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  Chinese 
system  of  medicine  and  theory  of  life,  which  are  founded  upon  a  com- 
plete understanding  of  Nature's  laws.  Americans  carry  their  theories 
of  science  to  extremes  and  get  too  far  away  from  the  simple,  funda- 
mental facts  upon  which  health  depends.  The  hardest  cases  we  find 


16  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

to  cure  are  those  who  have  been  the  rounds  of  the  scientific  men, 
sometimes  traveling  from  one  end  of  the  continent  to  the  other,  testing 
every  conceivable  form  of  medication,  often  including  mineral  waters 
at  so-called  health  resorts,  and  hundreds  of  patent  medicines.  The 
substances  in  these  agencies  misnamed  medicinal,  permeate  the  whole 
body,  accumulate  in  the  pores  of  the  skin,  the  muscles  and  tissues, 
and  the  very  substance  of  the  bones  itself.  All  of  these  poisons  have 
to  be  dislodged  before  recovery  is  possible.  Nine-tenths  of  the  chronic 
sufferers  from  disease  are  poisoned  through  and  through  as  a  result 
either  of  their  own  ignorance  and  neglect  of  Nature's  laws  or  of 
unsuccessful  attempts  to  cure  them  aftfir  they  had  begun  to  lose  their 
health.  To  take  these  people  and  rescue  them  not  only  from  the  grasp 
of  disease,  but  also  from  the  additional  burdens  of  unsuccessful  medi- 
cation is  certainly  a  test  of  the  highest  skill.  But  we  have  accom- 
plished it  over  and  over  again,  and  the  results  have  often  seemed 
miraculous  to  those  who  have  witnessed  them  in  only  a  few  instances. 
After  they  have  seen  the  same  results  accomplished  repeatedly  they 
begin  to  understand  that  knowledge,  not  magic,  works  wonders. 

In  these  difficult  cases  from  three  to  four  months'  time  is  required 
to  effect  a  change  in  the  blood,  without  which  recovery  is  impossible. 
This  is  what  we  call  a  course  of  medicine.  Usually  one  course  is 
sufficient  for  a  cure,  but  in  obstinate  cases  two,  three  or  even  four  or 
five  courses  may  be  necessary  to  reinstate  the  patient's  health.  This 
depends,  of  course,  entirely  upon  the  patient's  condition,  the  extent 
of  the  ravages  of  the  disease,  whatever  it  may  be,  upon  the  vital 
organs  and  the  constitutional  power.  Age  also  has  much  to  do  with 
the  length  of  time  required  for  a  cure.  The  teas  almost  always  agree 
with  even  the  weakest  stomachs.  Children  and  even  infants  take 
them  without  hesitation  after  the  first  dose  or  two,  and  the  stomach 
very  rarely  rejects  them.  They  leave  no  disagreeable  taste  in  the 
mouth,  and  these  facts  show  that  they  are  in  harmony  with  the  human 
body  and  its  functions. 

Our  treatment  is  always  thorough  and  persistent.  We  expect 
that  patients  will  co-operate  in  every  possible  way  by  following  direc- 
tions implicitly,  even  when  they  involve  a  certain  degree  of  self  sacri- 
fice. We  hold  that  considerations  of  health  are  infinitely  higher  than 
any  possible  consideration  of  pleasure  or  convenience,  and  that,  when 
a  man  is  in  pursuit  of  lost  health,  everything  else  should  take  second 
place,  if  necessary.  Our  patrons  soon  see  the  reasonableness  of  this 


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position,  and  the  fact  that  we  are  firm  with  them  gives  them  all  the 
greater  confidence  in  us.  It  is  absurd,  when  fighting  disease,  to  fight 
also  improper  food,  irregular  hours  and  dissipation  of  various  kinds. 
Instead  of  these  disadvantages  the  patient  should  have  the  assistance 
of  a  correct,  wholesome  and  nutritious  diet,  regularity  in  eating,  exer- 
cise and  rest,  and  avoidance  of  all  undue  excitement  or  excess.  Better 
have  all  possible  elements  of  the  problem  of  health  on  your  side  than 
to  array  them  all  against  you  and  then  depend  upon  medicine  alone 
to  do  the  work.  The  latter  course  is  to  invite  failure,  which  we  do 
not  propose  to  do,  for  we  fully  realize  our  responsibility  when  we 
examine  a  patient  and  undertake  to  cure  him. 

Surgery  in  China  is  a  distinct  profession  from  that  of  medicine, 
and  we  never  resort  to  the  use  of  the  knife,  but  we  do  accomplish 
through  medicines  alone,  taken  internally  or  applied  externally,  many 
things  which  are  commonly  supposed  to  be  impossible.  Our  treat- 
ment avoids  many  painful,  uncertain  and  risky  surgical  operations, 
which  are  too  often  a  last  resort  after  medication  has  failed.  If  medi- 
cation were  more  often  successful  there  would  be  little  surgery  nec- 
essary. We  have  shown  many  times  that  our  herbal  remedies  cure 
many  diseases,  the  diseases  of  women  for  instance,  which  have  been 
too  often  treated  by  surgical  interference  as  a  last  resort,  after  physi- 
cians and  "specialists"  had  tried  in  vain  to  cure  them  by  medication. 
The  difference  is  that  our  remedies  nourish  and  repair  the  organs  of 
the  human  body  in  addition  to  their  medicinal  effect.  Whenever 
surgery  conflicts  with  medicine  there  is  a  confession  that  the  latter 
'is  a,  failure,  for  surgery  never  cures.  It  is  simply  a  last  resort,  to 
make  the  patient  as  well  as  possible  under  the  circumstances,  and  to 
prevent  greater  injury  than  has  already  been  done  by  cutting  away 
the  seat  of  disease,  not  by  curing  the  disease. 

We  have  often  been  asked:  "What  is  your  specialty?"  We  reply 
that  we  treat  all  derangements  of  the  human  system,  but  are  not  so 
particular  as  some  other  physicians  in  naming  them.  We  ascertain 
what  organs  are  diseased  and  the  extent  of  the  injury,  and  we  apply 
the  remedie's  which  help  those  organs  to  throw  off  the  disease  or  to 
recover  from  the  derangement.  If  more  than  one  organ  is  involved 
we  treat  all  that  are  involved.  The  normal  and  harmonious  perform- 
ance of  the  functions  of  all  the  vital  organs  is  health.  The  derange- 
ment of  one  or  more  is  disease.  This  is  the  whole  question  in  a  nut- 
shell. Names  are  a  very  minor  consideration.  Naming  a  disease 


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does  not  help  to  cure  it  nor  to  preserve  life.  A  hundred  persons  may 
be  in  ill  health,  with  different  symptoms  of  disease,  yet  the  cause 
of  the  trouble  in  each  may  be  substantially  the  same.  It  would  be 
illogical  to  treat  the  outward  symptoms  in  these  cases.  The  true  way 
is  to  prescribe  for  the  organ  or  organs  involved.  Then  the  outward 
symptoms,  in  all  their  varied  forms,  disappear  and  the  cure  is  estab- 
lished. If  a  tree  is  dying  for  want  of  water  the  best  way  is  to  apply 
water  to  the  roots,  and  the  beneficial  effect  will  be  felt  everywhere 
from  the  roots  to  the  leaves.  It  is  the  same  with  the  human  body. 
If  the  vital  organs  can  be  kept  normal  in  their  action  these  take  care 
of  the  rest  of  the  body  and  there  is  no  unpleasant  symptoms  of  disease 
except  from  external  injuries. 

As  a  general  rule,  in  the  case  of  a  confirmed  invalid,  there  can 
be  no  permanent  cure  without  a  thorough  cleansing  of  the  system. 
When  the  processes  of  digestion  and  elimination  have  been  deranged 
for  some  time  there  are  certain  to  be  impurities  in  the  system  which 
clog  the  blood,  obstruct  all  the  functions  and  even  penetrate  the  tis- 
sues and  the  very  marrow  of  the  bones.  The  longer  the  case  has  gone 
without  help  the  worse  is  this  condition.  It  is  useless,  under  these 
circumstances,  to  attempt  a  cure  by  outward  applications  of  plasters, 
poultices,  inhalations  or  injections,  or  to  attempt  to  build  up  a  weak- 
ened system  by  so-called  strengthening  foods,  which  it  cannot  assimi- 
late and  use.  The  source  of  the  disease  still  remains  as  active  as 
ever  in  spite  of  these  palliative  measures,  which  are  usually  abso- 
lutely ineffective.  The  system  must  first  be  cleansed.  Then  the  vital 
•organs  can  do  their  work  properly  and  without  hindrance.  If  the 
digestive  organs  and  juices  are  first  restored  to  a  normal  condition 
digestion  becomes  again  perfect  and  the  patient  thrives  and  gains 
flesh  and  strength  on  ordinary  foods,  and  even  on  those  that  are 
usually  considered  very  plain  and  light  foods,  without  an  attempted 
forcing  upon  the  system  of  heavy,  oily  substances,  which  are  distaste- 
ful to  a  strong  stomach,  and  cannot  possibly  be  taken  up  by  a  weak 
one.  There  is  no  use  in  adding  fuel  to  a  fire  that  is  covered  and 
clogged  with  ashes.  Rake  away  the  encumbering  mass  •  first,  then 
apply  your  fuel  and  a  blaze  is  the  result;  but  if  the  spark  hidden  in 
dead  material  cannot  be  reached  because  of  that  material  it  cannot  be 
made  to  burn  into  a  flame.  So  the  weakened  human  body  will  resume 
its  normal  functions  when  the  impurities  are  taken  out  of  its  way, 
and  not  before. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  19 

But  before  anything  whatever  can  be  accomplished  a  correct  diag- 
nosis is  indispensable.  In  very  many  cases  this  can  only  be  obtained 
by  the  pulse  method.  Hundreds  of  patients  have  told  us  that  ours  was 
the  first  and  only  correct  diagnosis  they  had  ever  had  in  their  cases. 
We  cannot  dwell  here  upon  the  reasons  for  our  expertness  in  this 
direction,  except  to  say  that  an  inherited  gift  has  been  cultivated 
to  the  highest  degree  of  efficiency  by  long  and  patient  practice.  There 
are  many  examples  of  equal  expertness  in  other  branches  of  human 
endeavor  which  illustrate  this.  The  blind,  for  instance,  cultivate  the 
sense  of  touch  until  it  takes  the  place  of  the  sense  of  sight  to  a  great 
extent.  The  musician  cultivates  the  sense  of  hearing  until  he  can 
detect  the  slightest  discordant  note  in  the  loud  burst  of  an  orchestral 
music.  A  discord  which  is  absolutely  unnoticed  by  the  ordinary  ear. 
So  long  practice  has  enabled  us  to  detect  the  minute  signs  of  distress 
and  decay  which  the  vital  organs  send  to  the  wrist  through  the 
medium  of  the  pulse.  When  the  source  of  the  difficulty  is  thus  abso- 
lutely defined,  the  proper  remedies  can  be  prescribed  with  a  reason- 
able certainty  of  benefit  in  every  case,  and  the  chances  of  failure  are 
reduced  to  the  lowest. 


CHAPTER  II. 

OUR  BILLS  OF  FARE. 

VALUABLE    RECIPES   FOR    INVALIDS. 
Some  Rules  in  Reference  to  Diet,  Exercise  and  Hygiene. 

We  are  very  particular  about  the  diet  of  our  patrons.  The  gen- 
eral rule  in  this  regard  is  to  avoid  all  foods  which  are  too  strong  and 
tend  to  produce  inflammation,  and  all  foods  which  contain  little  or  no 
nutriment  and  therefore  impose  a  useless  burden  upon  the  digestive 
powers;  also  all  foods  which  are  made  up  principally  of  sweets  and 
acids,  because  these  are  likely  to  ferment  in  the  stomach  and  are  of 
no  value  as  nourishment.  It  should  be  remembered  in  this  connec- 
tion that  persons  taking  these  medicines  require  much  less  food  than 
others. 

For  purposes  of  convenience  in  reference  we  divide  our  list  of 
foods  into  three  bills  of  fare.  No.  1  is  for  weak  people  or  those  in  a 
somewhat  advanced  stage  of  disease,  or  those  who  are  taking  strong 
medicines.  It  is  very  important  that  these  persons  should  not  over- 
load the  stomach. 

BILL  OF  FARE   NO.  1. 

Mushes  and  Cereals. 

Steamed  or  Boiled  Rice.      Rolled  Oats.      Rolled  Wheat.       Corn  Meal. 

Wheatena.       Graham  Mush.      Germea.       Farina. 

Wheat  Grits. 


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Soups. 

All  Vegetable  Soups. 

Soups  prepared  with  Macaroni  and  Vermicelli. 

Cream  of  Celery  Soup  and  other  soups  prepared  with  Milk. 

Gruels  made  of  Rice,  Barley  or  Oatmeal. 

Meat  and  Eggs. 

Beef  Stew.       Young  Duck.       Young  Beef  or  Veal. 

The  whites  of  two  eggs,  prepared  as  directed  under  the  heading  "To 

Cook  Eggs,"  or  a  Poached  Egg  or  Egg  Timbales,  according 

to  the  recipes  given  below. 

Vegetables. 

Boiled  Green  Peas.       Young  Mustard.       Lettuce,  Greens  or  Spinach. 

Lentils  and  Split  Peas.     Steamed,  Baked  or  Boiled  Potatoes, 

either  Sweet  or  Irish. 

Bread. 

Meek's  Aerated  Bread,  either  White,  Graham  or  Whole  Wheat. 

Gems  made  from  Gluten  or  Whole-Wheat  Flour. 

Corn  Bread.       Boston  Brown  Bread.       Shredded  Wheat  Biscuit. 

Graham  and  other  Crackers  and  Hard  Biscuits. 

White  Bread  a  little  Stale. 
Toast,  either  Dry,  Buttered,  Cream  or  Milk. 

Butter  may  be  used,  but  not  to  excess.     Patients  on  this  bill  of  fare 
should  be  careful  in  this  respect. 

Desserts. 

Very    plain    Puddings    made    from    Rice,    Sago,    Tapioca    or    Farina. 

Custards.      A  little  Grape,  Currant  or  Guava  Jelly. 

Fig  or  Blackberry  Jam.       Unfermented  Grape  Juice. 


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Fruits. 

Patients  whose  health  is  delicate  should  be  careful  in  the  use  of 
fruits  while  taking  our  remedies.  Cooked  fruits  are  always  better 
than  raw.  Those  whose  digestion  is  impaired  or  whose  condition,  for 
any  reason  is  serious,  should  use  no  raw  fruits  whatever.  They  may 
eat  cooked  pears,  apples,  figs,  blackberries  and  prunes. 

Drinks. 

With  this  bill  of  fare  we  recommend  only  boiled  water,  boiled  milk, 
weak  black  tea  and  perhaps  a  little  cocoa  or  chocolate.  We  shall  dis- 
cuss the  question  of  drinks  and  thirst  more  fully  in  a  later  paragraph. 

Sufficient   Nourishment  Given. 

We  consider  that  this  bill  of  fare  will  afford  ample  nourishment 
for  delicate  persons.  The  cereals,  boiled  milk  and  a  little  meat  should 
be  the  foundation  of  the  diet,  other  articles  being  added  for  variety. 

All  meats  must  be  used  with  caution  if  there  is  any  fever.  If 
there  is  no  fever  then  meats  may  be  used  more  freely.  Milk  is  excel- 
lent food  for  all  who  can  use  it.  It  may  be  used  by  our  patrons  in  all 
cases  where  there  is  no  coughing  or  raising  of  phlegm,  but  if  either  of 
these  is  present  milk  should  be  employed  only  sparingly.  A  little 
cream  may  be  given  on  mushes,  cereals,  puddings,  toast  or  baked 
apples. 

BILL    OF    FARE    NO.   2. 

When  patients  are  stronger  and  their  digestion  is  better,  and 
there  is  little  or  no  fever,  the  following  foods  may  be  added  to  those 
mentioned  above: 

Turkey,  squirrel,  venison,  chocolate  and  cocoa  may  be  used  more 
freely  than  in  bill  of  fare  No.  1.  Coffee  is  forbidden.  Birds  are  too 
strong  for  invalids.  Soups  and  broths  made  from  lean  meat  and  pre- 
pared after  some  of  the  receipts  given  below  may  be  used.  White 
lima  or  string  beans,  asparagus,  cooked  celery  and  ripe  olives  may 
be  added  to  bill  of  fare  No.  1. 


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BILL  OF  FARE  NO.  3. 

When  our  patrons  are  still  better  they  may  add  certain  foods  to 
the  bill  of  fare  No.  2.  Young  chicken  may  be  used.  The  pullets  are 
preferable  as  the  meat  is  less  strong  and  less  likely  to  cause  inflam- 
mation. A  small  amount  of  boiled  ham  may  be  employed,  also  some 
lamb.  Lamb  is  good  for  strengthening  the  system,  but  should  not  be 
eaten  if  the  patient  has  any  poison  or  eczema  in  his  system.  This 
meat  is  too  strong  for  an  impure  system.  A  little  broiled  bacon  may 
be  used,  well  done.  Patients  may  now  also  eat  all  kinds  of  fish, 
except  oysters,  crabs,  lobster  and  other  shell  fish,  which  are  not  good 
at  any  time.  Lobsters  and  crabs  are  more  injurious  than  oysters. 
They  may  use  water  cress,  green  corn,  turnips,  lima  and  white  beans. 

NOTE. 

In  many  diseases  where  the  person  is  suffering  from  nerve 
exhaustion  or  other  weakness,  and  where  there  is  no  fever  and  the 
digestive  organs  are  not  seriously  impaired,  the  person  need  not  com- 
mence with  bill  of  fare  No.  1  and  proceed  gradually  to  the  others, 
but  may  select  his  articles  of  diet  from  any  of  the  foods  permitted  in 
either  of  the  bills  of  fare.  But  in  acute  cases,  especially  where  there 
is  fever,  the  bills  of  fare  must  be  strictly  followed.  In  all  cases  the 
articles  forbidden  must  be  avoided.  And  the  special  directions  for 
diet  for  the  different  diseases  must  also  be  followed.  When  all  fever 
is  gone  and  the  person  improves,  greater  freedom  in  diet  may  be  per- 
mitted except  as  regards  those  articles  absolutely  prohibited. 

GENERAL   SUGGESTIONS   ON    DIET. 

All  fruits  should  be  cooked.  Then  the  acid  digests  easily.  But 
in  cases  when  there  is  diarrhoea  or  indigestion,  or  a  raising  of  mucus 
or  phlegm,  the  use  even  of  cooked  fruits  should  be  less.  In  some  of 
these  cases  a  very  little  fruit  may  be  used,  but  great  caution  must  be 
observed.  Sometimes  dried  fruits,  such  as  dried  pears,  raisins  and 
figs  are  better  than  any  other  fruits,  because  they  contain  less  acid, 
and  they  are  therefore  better  in  the  above  kinds  of  sickness.  But  all 
fruits  allowed,  whether  dried  or  fresh,  should  be  cooked.  The  patient 
and  his  friends  must  use  judgment  in  all  of  these  matters. 


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The  following  vegetables  and  fruits  are  not  good  and  are  to  be 
avoided  at  all  times:  Tomatoes,  squash,  pumpkin,  peaches,  apricots, 
all  kinds  of  plums,  pine  apples  and  muskmelons.  Apricots  and 
peaches  are  especially  injurious  in  skin  diseases  and  after  attacks 
of  measles. 

Remember  that  nature  is  always  kind  to  man  as  long  as  he  obeys 
her  commands.  But  if  he  persists  in  transgressing  her  laws  then  he 
must  take  the  consequences.  If  ill  health  has  been  induced  by  an 
improper  mode  of  life,  the  first  thing  to  do  is  to  get  back  as  close  to 
nature  as  is  possible.  In  the  matter  of  foods  this  means  plain  food 
and  not  too  much  of  that.  Improper  food  is  the  cause  of  most  of  the 
ills  of  life,  and  most  of  the  diseases  that  afflict  mankind.  Use  no 
concentrated  foods,  no  foods  heavy  with  starch  or  sugar,  no  lard  or 
similar  highly  carbonaceous  food,  no  finely  bolted  flour.  As  a  rule 
the  fruits  of  California  have  too  much  acid.  If  they  are  eaten  freely 
they  burn  or  dry  up  the  gastric  juices.  Then  comes  thirst.  There 
is  a  deficiency  of  gastric  juices  for  the  digestion  of  the  food.  When 
coffee  is  taken  under  these  circumstances  the  situation  is  still  worse. 
It  adds  to  the  dryness  of  the  stomach  and  intestinal  tract  and  brings 
on  constipation,  liver  troubles  and  nervousness.  One  who  has  any 
stomach  trouble,  indigestion  or  gastric  difficulties,  should  avoid  every- 
thing cooked  in  hot  air.  All  foods  should  be  steamed  or  boiled. 

Patrons  of  this  system  must  necessarily  use  judgment  in  reference 
to  all  articles  of  diet  not  included  in  our  bills  of  fare.  We  have 
given  what  we  consider  an  ample  variety  for  all  persons  suffering 
from  any  disease  sufficiently  severe  to  require  a  course  of  medication. 
Still,  some  little  latitude  may  be  allowed  in  the  choice  of  other  foods. 
These  bills  of  fare  apply  especially  to  the  climate  of  Southern  Califor- 
nia, which  is  a  warm  climate.  Persons  living  in  a  colder  climate  may, 
perhaps,  use  some  more  highly  carbonaceous  foods  to  advantage.  In 
a  general  way,  all  sweets,  acids,  very  cold  foods  or  drinks,  and  all 
stimulants  should  be  avoided,  also  raw  fruits. 

AS  TO  THINGS  TO    DRINK. 

We  have  constant  inquiries  from  persons  who  suffer  from  exces- 
sive thirst  and  desire  permission  to  drink  various  things  which  are 
forbidden  in  our  bills  of  fare.  We  think  that  we  allow  an  ample 
variety  when  we  permit  hot  or  boiled  water,  hot  milk,  weak  black 


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tea,  rice  gruel,  hot  or  cold  lemonade,  cocoa  and  chocolate.  The  cocoa 
and  chocolate  must  be  taken  sparingly,  for  they  are  heavy,  oily  foods, 
and  not  easily  digested.  Remember  that  water  alone  will  not  quench 
thirst  because  it  will  not  allay  fever.  The  thirst  from  which  many 
people  suffer  is  not  a  natural  condition.  It  indicates  inward  fever  and 
a  deficiency  of  gastric  juices.  The  only  way  to  cure  it  is  to  allay 
the  inflammation  and  to  grow  up  the  gastric  juices.  This  requires 
time.  Our  remedy  No.  123  is  the  best  thing  known  for  this  purpose, 
and  the  use  of  it  for  a  few  days  or  weeks  will  produce  a  remarkable 
change  for  the  better.  We  have  found  hot  water  with  a  couple  of 
teaspoonfuls  of  strained  honey  excellent.  Water  should  always  be 
filtered  and  boiled  and  taken  hot.  Those  who  work  away  from  home 
and  cannot  get  the  water  hot  should  boil  it  and  take  it  with  them  and 
drink  it  cool.  But  never  take  ice-cold  drinks  under  any  circumstances. 
They  do  not  allay  thirst  at  all,  but  simply  add  to  the  inflammation 
already  existing.  Ice-cold  soda  water  and  beer  are  the  causes  of 
innumerable  derangements  of  the  stomach.  The  fact  that  these  are 
usually  taken  in  the  summer,  when  the  weather  is  very  hot,  makes 
their  use  all  the  more  detrimental,  for  the  stomach  is  first  heated  by 
the  hot  breaths  of  summer  and  then  suddenly  cooled  by  the  forced 
invasion  of  a  quantity  of  ice-cold  fluid,  mixed  with  various  syrups  and 
gases  which  make  it  pleasant  to  the  taste  but  destructive  of  health. 

GOOD    ADVICE    FROM    AN    AMERICAN    PHYSICIAN. 

In  this  connection  we  desire  to  reprint  the  following  from  a  recent 
article  in  the  Los  Angeles  Times,  written  by  an  American  physician, 
which  contains  much  sound  advice  upon  the  subject  of  What  people 
ought  to  drink.  After  some  discussion  of  the  evils  of  using  alcoholic 
drinks  the  writer  continues  as  follows: 

"After  all,  however,  straight  whisky  or  brandy,  if  pure  and  taken 
in  small  quantities,  is  probably  the  least  harmful  of  alcoholic  bever- 
ages. Beer,  as  it  is  consumed  in  this  country,  contains  a  large 
amount  of  carbonic  acid  gas,  and  then,  it  is  always  served  far  too  cold 
to  be  wholesome.  You  will  notice  that  a  German  usually  warms  his 
glass  of  beer  with  the  hands  before  he  consumes  it.  In  Europe  they 
would  never  dream  of  serving  it  at  such  a  low  temperature.  There 
is  no  question  that  the  extensive  consumption  of  iced  beverages  is 
one  of  the  leading  causes  of  dyspepsia  in  this  country,  and  is  also 


FOO  £  WIXG  HERB  COMPANY 

of  Bright 's  disease.    In  addition  to  these  drai 
that  which  is  made  on  the  spot,  contains  salicylic  add. 
The  same  drawbacks— carbonic  add  gas 
to  all  the  drinks  sold  at  drug  stores,  in 

to  which,  some  of  these,  such  as  cocoa  and  bromide  bever- 
which   have  become  so  popular   during   the   past   few   years, 

qualities  of  their  own. 
Of  the  numerous  liqueurs,  chartreuse  is  probably  the  most  whole- 
some.   It  has  medicinal   qualities,  the  main  component  being  pure 
olive  oiL    This,  however,  cannot  be  regarded  as  a  beverage. 
The  light  wines  of  the  country  contain  only  a  moderate 


by  the  fact  that  a  great  majority  of  the  California 

acid.  This  caused  one  of  our  local  dealers  a  con- 
of  trouble  and  loss  some  years  ago,  when  he  sent  a 
of  California  wine  to  Mexico,  where  tne  government  appears 
to  be  more  careful  than  ours  of  the  health  of  its  citizens.  Sweet 
wines,  such  as  port,  sherry,  angelica  and  muscatel,  should  be  avoided 
by  those  who  value  their  digestive  organs,  especially  the  sweet 
in  California.  They  are  an  artificial  beverage,  the 
arrested  by  the  addition  of  brandy,  and  will  work  havoc  in  the 
department  of  a  human  being  quicker  than  any  other  variety 
of  air"h*»Kr'  beverage.  A  morning  headache,  following  an  indulgence 
in  such  wine,  is  somfthfag  long  to  be  remembered,  even  by  a  con- 
firmed worshipper  of  Bacchus.  Fruit  juice,  or  "unfermented  wine," 
is  likely  to  recommence  fermentation  when  it  lies  in  the  warm 

alcoholic  beverages  altogether,  we  are  still 
of    the    question    what  to  drink.     Tea, 

in  the  average  person.  We  have  not,  like  the 
been  accustomed  to  the  use  of  tea  for  hundreds,  or  even 
of  years.  Coffee  hardens  and  injures  the  liver,  on  account 
of  which  a  number  of  substitutes  have  been  placed  on  the  market  of 
late,  and  have  met  with  a  large  sale.  These  usually  consist  of  mixed 
grains,  roasted  and  ground,  and  from  a  hygienic  standpoint  are  cer- 
tainly superior  to  the  product  of  the  coffee  tree.  Cocoa  and  chocolate, 
as  sold  in  the  market,  usually  contains  a  large  proportion  of  starch, 


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which  is  not  a  very  wholesome  food.  Again,  these  beverages  cannot 
be  readily  assimilated  by  many  stomachs.  Milk  is  regarded  by  many 
as  an  ideal  beverage,  but  it  should  really  never  be  taken  as  a  bever- 
age, but  as  a  food.  Milk  was  intended  for  infants,  not  for  grown 
persons.  It  should  never  be  taken  in  conjunction  with  meat.  The 
injunction  of  Moses  against  boiling  the  lamb  in  its  mother's  milk  has 
a  hygienic  foundation,  like  most  of  the  other  Jewish  laws  that  we  find 
in  the  Bible.  If  milk  is  used  by  grown  persons,  it  should  be  sipped 
very  slowly,  and  taken  preferably  hot.  Indeed,  hot  drinks  are  better 
than  the  cold  beverages  so  popular  in  this  country.  The  general  use 
of  hot  drinks  by  the  Chinese,  and  their  avoidance  of  cold  liquors,  is 
doubtless  one  of  the  reasons  for  the  astonishing  vitality  they  display. 
Buttermilk  is  a  wholesome  beverage  for  those  who  can  digest  it.  It 
contains  an  acid  which  Is  good  for  the  liver  and  digestion.  Here 
again,  however,  we  are  confronted  by  the  fact  that  much  of  the  but- 
termilk sold  in  the  cities  contains  a  preservative. 

We  find,  therefore,  that  if  we  wish  to  fix  upon  a  beverage  that  is 
absolutely  wholesome,  we  shall  have  to  confine  ourselves  to  water — 
pure  mountain  spring  water,  or  distilled  water — at  a  cold,  but  not  icy 
temperature.  There  are,  however,  many  who  will  not  consent  to  this. 
For  these  the  most  wholesome  and  least  harmful  liquid  menu  would, 
probably  be,  for  breakfast,  a  cup  of  weak,  black  tea — preferable  Cey- 
lon or  Assam,  on  account  of  cleanliness  in  preparation — or  cereal 
coffee,  and  for  lunch  and  dinner  a  little  California  Riesling  or  claret, 
diluted  with  about  half  as  much  pure  water  without  ice.  If  a  'night- 
cap' Is  taken — although  it  would  better  be  omitted — a  glass  of  hot 
Scotch  Is  about  the  best  thing  to  take,  although  a  cup  of  herb  tea 
would  do  the  stomach  more  good  and  tend  to  produce  pleasanter 
dreams. 

Again  It  should  be  repeated  that  alcohol  Is  In  no  sense  of  the  word 
a  food,  Is  not  necessary,  and  is  always  more  or  less  Injurious,  In 
whatever  form  it  may  be  taken.  If,  however,  a  person  believes,  or 
imagines,  that  he  must  use  alcoholic  beverages,  or  simply  desires  to 
use  them,  whatever  his  belief  may  be,  let  him  at  least  use  judgment 
and  not  make  a  human  hog  of  himself." 

FOOD   VALUE    OF  TEA. 

There  is  much  discussion  among  medical  authorities  in  reference 
to  the  food  value  of  tea.  We  are  inclined  to  permit  out  patrons  to 


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use  tea,  to  a  reasonable  extent,  always  with  the  proviso  that  it  is  to 
be  taken  weak  by  those  in  a  weakened  or  serious  condition,  and  never 
to  excess  by  any.  Tea  is  a  stimulant  and,  especially  when  there  is 
fever,  it  should  be  taken  with  caution.  Nevertheless,  it  has  a  certain 
value  as  food.  In  this  connection  we  quote  the  following  paragraph 
which  has  been  going  the  rounds  of  the  press  recently: 

"  FOOD  VALUE  OF  TEA.  We  may  state  that  one  pound  of  good 
tea  contains  about  a  third  of  an  ounce  of  theine,  two  and  a  half  ounces 
of  caseine,  one-twelfth  ounce  of  volatile  oil,  two  and  a  half  ounces 
of  gum,  half  an  ounce  of  sugar,  half  an  ounce  of  fat,  four  ounces  of 
tannic  acid,"  says  a  noted  American  medical  journal.  Mineral  matter 
of  ash,  water  and  woody  fiber  make  up  the  remainder.  Caseine,  of 
which  there  is  so  large  a  quantity,  it  will  be  remembered,  is  the  nutri- 
tive principle  of  milk;  vegetable  caseine,  or  legumen,  is  analogous  in 
principle.  Tea  is,  therefore,  a  highly  nutritious  substance,  and  fully 
capable  of  forming  flesh  and  sustaining  life.  Peas  and  beans  are 
highly  concentrated  forms  of  food,  and  yet  analysis  shows  that  the 
better  qualities  of  tea  are  as  rich  in  the  nitrogenous  element  of  nutri- 
ment principle  as  are  these  seeds.  Caseine  is  iuentical  in  composition 
with  the  muscular  fiber,  and  with  the  albumen  of  the  blood,  and  is 
easy  of  assimilation." 

COFFEE   AND  TOBACCO. 

Tobacco  burns  out  the  juices  of  the  system  and  injures  the  saliva 
upon  which  digestion  largely  depends.  It  is  best  for  our  patients  to 
stop  the  use  of  tobacco  entirely,  if  possible.  If  it  is  easy  for  you  to 
drop  off  your  cigars  entirely  you  had  better  do  so,  but  if  this  seems 
too  hard,  in  the  case  of  confirmed  smokers,  then  you  should  smoke 
less,  say  one  cigar  in  the  morning  and  one  in  the  evening,  after  dinner 
or  supper.  This  measure  of  indulgence  will  not  be  enough  to  produce 
any  great  injury  to  the  system.  Our  bill  of  fare  is  intended  primarily 
for  weak  and  sick  people.  After  a  cure  is  made  it  is,  in  many  cases, 
better  to  follow  the  bill  of  fare,  but  this  is  not  imperative.  If  you 
do  not  follow  it  for  a  time  and  see  no  bad  effects  from  returning  to 
your  customary  diet,  then  you  can  continue  in  that  way  and  there  will 
be  no  harm  done.  Everyone  must  decide  this  matter  for  himself, 
because  what  hurts  one  does  not  necessarily  hurt  another. 

The  same  reasoning  applies  to  coffee.     After  you  are  cured  you 


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can  drink  a  little  coffee;  you  can  also  use  roast  and  fried  meats  in 
moderation,  which  may  help  the  natural  heat  of  the  body.  But  you 
must  be  careful  to  avoid  excess  in  all  of  these  matters.  You  should 
also  use  boiled  and  steamed  meats,  which  assist  the  gastric  juices 
more  and  are  easier  to  digest  than  fried  and  roast  meats,  but  the 
latter  hurt  the  natural  heat,  and  for  that  reason  are  bad.  A  little 
might  not  hurt  the  gastric  juices,  but  excess  will  give  rise  to  inflam- 
mation. If,  after  a  cure,  you  stop  following  the  bill  of  fare  and  find 
afterwards  that  you  do  not  feel  well  or  that  there  is  some  difficulty 
of  digestion  or  other  trouble,  then  you  should  take  it  up  again  and 
follow  the  bill  of  fare  all  the  time.  This  shows  that  you  cannot  eat 
whatever  you  like,  and  that  you  must  live  plainly;  that  there  is  too 
much  fire  in  your  system;  if  the  natural  juices  are  helped  you  will 
feel  good;  if  the  natural  heat  is  helped  you  will  feel  bad.  But  not 
many  people  have  this  temperament,  althougn  it  applies  to  some, 
who  should  be  put  on  their  guard  in  this  particular. 

USEFUL    HINTS. 

The  herb  tea  should  be  taken  fully  one  hour  before  meal  time,  or 
about  three  hours  after  a  meal.  Four  hours  after  is  better;  must  be 
two  hours  at  least. 

Undigested  food  ferments,  generating  a  gas,  which  increases  the 
poisonous  gases  already  in  the  system,  adding  fuel  to  flame,  poisons 
the  system  and  counteracts  the  effects  of  the  medicine. 

Weak  people  cannot  digest  a  meal  as  quickly  as  healthy  persons, 
therefore  great  care  should  be  exercised  to  avoid  taking  anything 
into  the  stomach  before  the  previous  meal  has  been  completely 
digested.  When  foods  and  liquids  are  taken  into  the  stomach  before 
the  previous  meal  has  been  completely  digested,  the  process  of  diges- 
tion will  be  interrupted;  then  the  food  will  sour  and  ferment  and 
generate  a  gas  that  will  enter  the  circulation,  poisoning  the'  blood, 
causing  more  or  less  distress  to  weakly  people. 

DIET    IN    CERTAIN    DISEASES. 

Realizing  that  the  most  difficult  question  in  cases  of  sickness  is 
what  the  patient  may  be  permitted  to  eat  we  give  below  special 
instructions  on  diet  in  several  of  the  more  common  forms  of  disease. 
We  have  attempted  to  adapt  the  ordinary  foods  permitted  by  Ameri- 


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can  physicians  to  our  form  of  treatment  as  far  as  possible.  But 
there  are  certain  points  of  difference  which  must  be  brought  to  the 
attention  of  persons  using  our  remedies  in  order  to  prevent  confusion 
in  their  minds  between  our  rules  of  diet  and  those  recognized  by 
American  physicians.  Some  of  these  are  the  following: 

Use  of  Stimulants.  —  American  physicians,  both  in  acute  and 
chronic  disorders,  very  frequently  employ  foods  and  liquids  that  are 
highly  stimulating  in  order  to  keep  up  the  strength  of  the  patient. 
Thus  they  prescribe  alcohol  in  its  various  forms,  whisky,  brandy,  gin, 
rum,  wines  of  many  kinds,  and  malt  liquors,  such  as  beer,  ale  and 
porter.  Now  we  do  not  say  absolutely  that  a  dose  of  wine  or  whisky 
may  not  be  in  rare  instances  of  some  benefit.  Yet  we  do  not  permit 
the  use  of  these  articles  either  as  medicine  or  food.  We  believe 
that  all  stimulants  must  be  avoided.  This  is  particularly  true  in 
cases  of  fever.  Our  effort  is  directed  towards  restoring  a  natural 
condition  of  the  system,  developing  the  gastric  juices  and  reducing 
the  fever.  Alcohol,  in  any  form,  and  stimulating  foods  work  against 
this  effort.  We  permit  no  beef  juice,  rich  broths  or  highly  concen- 
trated foods  in  fevers.  They  add  fuel  to  the  flame.  In  acute  attacks 
of  all  kinds  the  simpler  the  food  taken  the  better.  Then  our  reme- 
dies have  an  opportunity  to  accomplish  their  work  without  combating 
both  the  disease  ana  the  food  taken  into  the  system.  There  is  far 
more  danger  of  the  patient  taking  too  much  food  than  there  is  of  his 
taking  too  little. 

Use  of  Heavy  Foods. — The  same  principle  applies  in  other  wast- 
ing diseases,  such  as  tuberculosis  or  consumption.  There  is  no  use  in 
loading  the  stomach  of  the  patient  with  fats,  hot  blood,  cod  liver  oil 
and  similar  substances  which  he  cannot  digest.  We  direct  our  efforts 
to  clearing  his  system  of  poisons  and  restoring  the  digestive  juices 
and  processes  to  something  like  a  normal  condition.  Then  the  patient 
will  take  on  more  flesh  with  a  comparatively  small  amount  of  food 
than  he  will  with  great  quantities,  little  of  which  is  digested  and 
assimilated. 

Use  of  Liquids. — We  do  not  permit  our  patients  to  drink  ice-cold 
liquids  of  any  kind.  These  do  not  quench  thirst  but  often  add  to  the 
inflammation  which  causes  the  thirst.  They  may  give  a  little  tem- 
porary relief,  but  the  final  result  is  to  increase  the  thirst  instead  of 
rendering  it  less.  We  prefer  that  our  patients  should  take  their 
liquids  hot,  including  hot  water.  This  is  the  best  for  the  system  in 


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every  way,  and  hot  water,  even  in  cases  of  fever,  will  quench  the 
thirst  much  quicker  than  ice-water.  But  sometimes,  if  patients  tire 
of  the  hot  water,  they  may  be  permitted  water  that  is  cool,  but  not 
ice  cold.  Some  physicians  teach  that  sick  people  should  take  a  great 
amount  of  liquid  in  the  shape  of  various  drinks.  This  is  unnecessary, 
in  our  opinion.  Only  a  moderate  quantity  of  liquids  should  be  taken. 
Weak  tea  may  be  used  in  the  place  of  tea  and  coffee,  when  patients 
feel  that  they  must  have  some  warm  drink  besides  water.  Plain  soda 
water  or  mineral  waters,  cool,  but  not  cold,  may  be  taken  if  persons 
are  fond  of  them. 

.  Use  of  Sugars  and  Acids. — We  desire  our  patrons  to  avoid  the  use 
of  sweets,  because  they  ferment  and  become  acids  in  the  stomach, 
and  the  use  of  all  acids.  These  create  an  injurious  condition  of  the 
blood,  which  we  try  to  counteract  by  the  use  of  our  herbs.  But  there 
is  no  use  in  trying  to  work  the  acids  out  of  a  person's  system  by  means 
of  medicine  if  that  person  is  constantly  adding  more  through  the 
mouth.  In  many  cases  this  is  very  important,  and  patients  must 
abstain  entirely  from  all  sugars  and  acids  of  every  kind,  including 
acid  fruits.  In  milder  cases  a  moderate  amount  of  sugar  may  be 
taken  with  the  food. 

Spices  and  Highly-Seasoned  Foods. — For  similar  reasons  we  for- 
bid all  spices  and  highly-seasoned  foods,  except  a  little  pepper  and 
salt.  Foods  prepared  with  mustard  and  heavy  oils  are  most  difficult 
of  digestion  and  become  a  burden  to  the  digestive  organs  which  they 
are  not  prepared  to  bear  in  cases  of  sickness. 

Our  bills  of  fare  give  all  of  the  ordinary  foods  which  sick  persons 
ought  to  eat.  After  recovery  a  little  more  latitude  may  be  allowed. 
We  shall  now  discuss  some  of  the  foods  that  are  to  be  used  in  special 
diseases,  and  commence  with  the  foods  that  may  be  employed  in  that 
very  large  class  of  cases  wherein  there  is  fever. 

DIET    IN    CASES    OF    FEVER. 

In  fever  there  is  always  a  very  rapid  wasting  of  the  tissues  of  the 
body,  because  the  fever  burns  these  up  and,  at  the  same  time  prevents 
the  degree  of  digestion  necessary  to  repair  them.  The  food  in  fevers 
must  therefore  be  nutritious,  but  of  a  sort  that  will  not  add  fuel  to 
the  flame  and  make  the  fever  worse,  and  also  of  a  sort  that  is  easily 
digested.  Fever  always  means  a  severe  sickness,  and  therefore  th^ 


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patient  has  little  appetite  or  ability  to  take  much  nourishment, 
although  it  is  important  that  he  should  be  well  nourished.  For  this 
reason — the  lack  of  appetite  and  the  difficulty  of  digestion — no  solid 
food  should  be  taken,  but  all  the  food  should  be  in  liquid  form,  or  in 
the  form  of  soft  foods,  and  care  should  be  taken  that  the  patient  does 
not  take  too  much  at  a  time,  for  if  the  stomach  is  overloaded  a  part 
of  the  food  remains  and  decomposes  and  adds  to  the  difficulties  of  the 
case. 

Milk  is  one  of  the  best  foods  that  we  have  in  cases  of  fever.  It 
contains  all  the  elements  that  are  necessary  to  sustain  life  and  repair 
waste  of  tissue.  It  is  best  to  take  it  hot,  or  it  may  be  made  into 
broths,  with  a  little  rice  or  arrowroot.  Milk  should  always  be  sipped, 
eaten  slowly.  If  taken  too  rapidly  it  forms  a  mass  in  the  stomach 
that  is  very  hard  to  digest.  In  severe  cases,  milk  is  really  about  the 
only  safe  food  there  is. 

In  cases  of  more  moderate  severity  and  of  shorter  duration,  more 
freedom  may  be  allowed  in  the  choice  of  foods.  Although  no  solid 
foods  should  be  given  and  all  meats  are  forbidden,  yet  semi-solid 
food  may  be  permitted,  such  as  milk  toast  or  cream  toast,  soft  cooked 
eggs,  cooked  in  the  shell  or  prepared  as  directed  below  under  the 
head  of  "Egg  Timbales,"  thoroughly  boiled  oatmeal  gruel,  or  rice 
or  barley  gruel,  plain  rice  pudding.  The  gruels,  used,  except  the  rice, 
must  be  strained  through  a  fine  strainer  or  a  cheese  cloth  bag.  They 
may  be  salted  and  flavored,  if  desired,  with  a  little  cinnamon  or  clove. 
Grape  sugar  may  also  be  added.  Beef  tea  may  be  added  to  these 
gruels,  if  entirely  free  from  fat  or  grease,  or  beaten  eggs  may  be 
used.  Eggs  eaten  alone  should  be  slowly  cooked,  as  described  in  the 
paragraph  headed:  "Another  Good  Way  to  Cook  Eggs."  Rice  gruel 
prepared  as  directed  in  this  chapter  is  a  splendid  food  in  all  cases 
of  fever  and  may  be  given  often.  It  is  a  food,  is  soothing  to  the 
stomach  and  also  supplies  liquid  to  quench  the  thirst. 

In  addition  to  the  rice  gruel,  a  little  sour  lemonade,  either  hot 
or  cool,  may  be  taken,  or  weak  tea.  But  if  there  is  severe  indigestion 
in  the  stomach,  the  tea  should  not  be  given.  Barley  water  may  be 
used  in  place  of  the  rice  water,  if  preferred,  and  may  be  flavored 
with  cinnamon  or  sweetened  with  grape  sugar. 

As  the  patient  begins  to  recover,  the  use  of  food  must  be  very 
sparing  at  first,  but  may  be  gradually  increase.  And  these  patients 
usually  develop  a  very  active  appetite.  Such  articles  as  poached  eggs 


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on  toast,  egg-nog,  beef  tea  taken  hot,  jellies,  custards,  cream  of  celery 
soup,  cocoa,  tapioca  or  rice  puddings,  buttered  toast,  baked  sweet 
apples  with  cream,  baked  potatoes,  may  be  given  for  a  few  days, 
say  from  one  to  two  weeks,  and  after  that,  more  solid  food  may 
gradually  be  added,  such  as  meats,  poultry  and  game. 


TYPHOID  FEVER. 

In  this  severe  form  of  fever  especial  care  must  be  taken  with 
the  diet  because  the  intestines  are  affected  by  the  fever  and  any 
form  of  solid  food  would  be  very  likely  to  lacerate  the  intestinal 
walls.  If  taken  in  time,  our  remedies  break  up  typhoid  fever  and 
prevent  a  long  sickness.  But  if  the  malady  is  fully  started  before 
our  remedies  are  taken  it  may  run  a  month,  or  even  five  or  six 
weeks,  and  care  must  still  be  taken  with  the  food  for  a  period 
of  from  two  weeks  to  two  months  after  the  patient  begins  to 
recover. 

Milk  is  the  best  possible  food  in  typhoid  fever.  And  enough  should 
be  taken  to  keep  up  the  strength  of  the  patient  as  far  as  possible. 
This  quantity  will  vary  anywhere  between  one  and  three  quarts  per 
day.  Probably  in  most  cases,  three  ounces  of  milk  every  two  and  a 
half  hours  would  be  sufficient. 

Milk  is  best  given  boiled.  It  may  be  diluted  with  plain  hot 
water  or  with  rice  water.  A  little  cocoa  may  be  added,  sometimes, 
to  disguise  the  taste,  if  the  patient  tires  of  the  plain  milk.  Some- 
times typhoid  patients  lose  flesh  very  rapidly,  and,  in  these  cases,  the 
milk  diet  must  be  varied.  Soups  made  from  farina,  arrowroot  or  rice 
may  be  given,  or  a  little  beef  or  mutton  broth,  if  entirely  free  from 
fat  and  grease,  custards,  egg-nog,  or  the  whites  of  eggs  beaten  up 
with  cream,  or  with  a  little  sherry  wine,  or  with  milk  and  sherry. 
Plenty  of  rice  gruel  should  be  taken,  and  plenty  of  hot  water. 
The  mouth  should  be  washed  out  very  frequently  and  always  after 
taking  milk.  A  piece  of  cotton  may  be  used  for  this  purpose,  and 
the  tongue  should  be  scraped  with  a  spoon  handle  or  a  piece  of  bent 
whalebone. 

No  solid  food  should  be  taken  for  several  days  after  the  fever  has 
gone  down.  Then,  at  first,  rice,  tapicoa,  vermicelli,  cream  toast 
should  be  given,  maccaroni,  soft-cooked  eggs,  and  finally,  chicken  or 


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mutton  or  beef  broths,  then  some  of  the  vegetables,  such  as  baked 
potatoes  or  cooked  celery,  then  a  little  beef,  mutton,  chicken  or  game. 


SCARLET  FEVER  AND  MEASLES. 

In  these  diseases,  the  diet  should  be  about  the  same  as  in  gene- 
ral fever.  Plenty  of  water  should  be  taken,  or  lemonade  may  be 
used,  or  weak  tea.  Not  much  strong  food  should  be  used  until  the 
patient  is  rapidly  getting  better,  then  rice  plain  or  in  puddings, 
farina,  cup  custards,  sago,  with  cream  or  milk,  baked  apples,  stewed 
prunes,  then  the  meats  that  are  allowed  our  patrons,  and  eggs. 

INFLUENZA  AND  LA  GRIPPE. 

In  these  very  common  disorders,  a  fluid  diet  is  the  best  at 
first  or  until  the  first  violence  of  the  attack  is  worn  away.  For 
the  first  two  or  three  days  milk  is  the  best  food.  A  patient  may 
take  as  much  as  two  quarts  a  day,  without  injury.  After  the  fever 
subsides  he  may  use  beef,  mutton  or  chicken  broths,  milk  toast, 
custards,  egg-nog,  then  stewed  meats  or  a  little  broiled  beef  steak. 
Then,  gradually,  vegetables  and  the  ordinary  food. 

DIPHTHERIA. 

All  foods  must  be  given  in  a  fluid  form  in  cases  of  diphtheria. 
Of  these,  milk  is  the  best,  as  usual.  But  it  may  be  thickened  with 
rice,  cream  or  beaten  eggs,  using  only  the  whites.  Rice  gruel  is  a 
splendid  drink.  Weak  tea  is  allowed.  After  the  fever  is  gone  and 
the  patient  begins  to  recover,  he  may  take  broths,  and  arrowroot, 
rice,  sago,  etc.,  either  plain  or  in  puddings.  All  toasts  and  gruels 
may  be  taken. 

MALARIAL    FEVERS. 

In  these  fevers  the  diet  should  be  about  the  same  as  that  given 
under  our  general  heading  of  diet  in  fevers.  During  the  paroxysms 
of  ague  but  little  food  of  any  kind  should  be  taken.  After  these 
are  over,  especially  when  there  is  no  fever  present,  if  the  patient 


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has  any  appetite,  he  need  not  be  quite  as  careful  about  his  diet  as 
in  other  cases  of  fever,  but  may  take  some  solid  food,  if  desired.  But 
when  the  fever  is  on,  the  diet  must  be  more  carefully  watched. 

TUBERCULOSIS. 

In  this  wasting  disease,  the  food  must  be  nutritious,  and  at  the 
same  time,  it  must  be  food  that  can  be  readily  digested,  and  the 
stomach  must  be  brought  into  condition  to  do  its  work.  As  we  have 
already  said,  a  small  amount  of  food,  which  is  digested,  is  of  infinitely 
greater  value  to  a  sick  person  than  a  large  amount  of  too  strong 
food,  which  cannot  be  digested  and  simply  remains  in  the  stomach 
to  ferment  there,  or  is  carried  out  of  the  body  without  doing  the 
patient  any  good.  For  this  reason,  too  often,  highly-concentrated 
foods,  such  as  cod-liver  oil,  blood,  etc.,  etc.,  often  do  the  consumptive 
patient  no  good,  and  he  will  gain  flesh  more  rapidly  upon  a  little 
rice,  milk  and  other  plain  foods,  if  digested,  than  on  all  the  beef 
extracts  and  cod  liver  oil  in  the  world  undigested.  Our  remedies  help 
in  the  digestion  of  the  food.  They  are  foods  in  themselves,  and  our 
patrons  very  often  gain  flesh  rapidly  upon  an  exceedingly  plain  diet. 

Still,  patients  of  this  class  may  vary  their  diet,  if  desired,  much 
more  than  those  suffering  from  wasting  fevers  or  acute  disorders. 
They  may  take  barley,  vermicelli  or  bouillon  soups,  vegetables  soups, 
such  as  those  prepared  from  peas,  beans  or  celery.  Milk  either  alone  or 
in  soups,  may  be  used  by  some  consumptives,  but  if  there  is  much 
coughing  or  raising  of  phlegm,  milk  must  be  used  sparingly.  Whipped 
cream  may  be  taken  occasionally.  Buttermilk  may  also  be  drank 
if  acceptable  to  the  patient.  Fresh  fish  of  any  kind,  preferably 
boiled.  Eggs,  soft-cooked,  or  in  egg-nog  or  custard,  poached  or  in 
plain  omelet.  All  the  meats  that  we  have  named  in  our  bills  of 
fare,  chicken,  turkeys,  partridge,  squab,  or  quail.  Butter  and  olive 
oil  may  be  used,  the  former  on  bread,  the  latter  on  lettuce. 

For  vegetables,  we  recommend  baked  potatoes,  green  peas, 
string  beans,  spinach,  cooked  celery,  boiled  onions,  asparagus  and 
cauliflower,  but  all  vegetables  must  be  used  in>  moderation.  All 
the  cereals  that  we  have  recommended  may  be  used;  for  fruits, 
baked  or  stewed  apples,  pears,  prunes,  grapes  and  blackberries,  also 
stewed  figs.  Ripe  olives  may  also  be  eaten  by  patients  of  this  class. 


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Rice   and    bread   puddings   and   blanc   mange   are   good   for   desserts. 
Unfermented  grape  juice  may  be  taken. 

CHRONIC   BRONCHITIS  AND  ASTHMA. 

Patients  suffering  from  asthma  require  great  care  in  diet  and 
should  always  avoid  any  tendency  to  overload  the  stomach.  For  any 
excess  above  the  amount  that  can  readily  be  digested,  will  cause 
fermentation  and  the  accumulation  of  gases,  which  react  upon  the 
muscles  of  the  diaphragm  and  abdomen  aad  interfere  with  breath- 
ing, often  causing  distressing  paroxysms.  All  food  that  is  constipat- 
ing or  is  likely  to  cause  the  formation  of  gas  should  be  carefully 
avoided.  All  fats,  sweets  and  starchy  foods  should  b'e  given  up.  No 
pork  or  veal  should  be  used.  No  water  should  be  taken  with  meals, 
or  until  three  hours  after  a  meal.  A  glass  of  hot  water  should  be 
taken  on  rising  in  the  morning  and  on  retiring  at  night.  All  foods 
should  be  thoroughly  masticated  and  patients  suffering  from  these 
diseases  should  always  be  punctual  in  eating  their  meals  at  the  same 
hours  each  day. 

PNEUMONIA. 

The  general  rules  that  we  have  given  in  severe  cases  of  fever 
apply  to  cases  of  pneumonia  and  great  care  is  necessary  in  the  diet. 
All  soups,  liquors  and  stimulating  foods  must  be  strictly  avoided.  In 
this  deadly  disease  the  use  of  broths,  and  liquors,  under  the  delusion 
that  they  are  sustaining  the  strength  of  the  patient,  is  simply  adding 
fuel  to  fire  and  is  likely  to  burn)  out  the  life  of  the  patient  very 
quickly.  The  grease  from  broths  goes  to  the  lungs,  burns  there 
and  fills  them  with  a  waste  product  which  adds  frightfully  to  the 
congestion  and  causes  great  danger.  No  starchy  or  sugary  foods 
should  be  given.  Plenty  of  cool  drinks  should  be  taken  and  milk 
should  form  the  basis  of  the  diet  until  the  danger  is  past,  and  the 
fever  is  gone.  Then  other  foods  may  be  slowly  added  as  given  in  our 
directions  for  cases  of  fever  and  recovery  from  fever. 

ANAEMIA   AND   CHLOROSIS. 

In  these  cases,  the  patient  requires  plenty  of  rest,  and  exercise 
in  the  open  air,  that  is,  moderate  exercise.  The  strength  should  not 
be  overtaxed.  The  diet  should  be  liberal.  Use  plenty  of  milk,  eggs 
and  meat.  Take  hot  water  often. 


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OF 

BRIGHT'S    DISEASE. 


Meats,  eggs  and  all  little  made-up  dishes  are  to  be  avoided  in 
this  disease.  An  exclusive  milk  diet  is  prescribed  by  American  phy- 
sicians and  may  be  of  benefit  with  our  remedies.  If  the  patient  loses 
weight  too  rapidly  under  this,  some  farinaceous  foods — that  is,  foods 
prepared  from  the  different  grains — may  be  added.  Rice  and  bread 
are  the  best  of  these.  In  an  exclusive  milk  diet,  it  is  necessary 
to  give  from  fourteen  to  eighteen  or  even  twenty-two  six-ounce  glasses 
during  each  twenty-four  hours.  In  some  cases,  milk  does  not  agree 
and  sours  the  stomach.  If  so,  the '  quantity  must  be  reduced.  In 
ordinary  cases,  this  diet  must  be  continued  for  four  to  eight  weeks. 
In  some  cases  it  may  have  to  be  followed  out  for  six  months  or 
more.  As  the  patient  improves,  boiled  fish,  chicken,  game,  butter 
cream  and  beef  may  be  added,  also  olive  oil.  Tea  and  cocoa  are 
permitted. 

We  have  never  tied  our  patients  down  to  so  rigorous  a  diet,  as 
our  remedies  act  upon  this  disorder  without  that  necessity.  Still,  we 
think  that  this  diet  is  a  good  one  for  this  disease  and  recommend  it 
to  all  who  have  serious  attacks  of  Bright's  Disease. 

GONORRHEA. 

Persons  afflicted  with  this  acute  disorder  must  avoid  all  starchy 
foods.  In  severe  cases  a  diet  of  skimmed  milk  is  the  best  at  nrst. 
Then  light  farinaceous  articles,  such  as  rice,,  bread  and  butter,  milk 
?nd  some  of  the  lighter  cereals  may  be  added.  Alcoholic  drinks 
must  be  strictly  avoided.  No  acid  fruits,  fried  foods,  condiments  can 
be  used.  Plenty  of  water  should  be  drank,  and  soda,  seltzer  and 
ipollinaris  are  all  good. 

TONSILITIS    AND    QUINSY. 

In  these  diseases  the  food  must  be  fluid  and  concentrated.  Meat 
juice  may  be  given,  except  when  there  is  high  fever,  or  beaten  eggs; 
if  necessary  to  make  them  appetizing  a  little  brandy  may  be  added 
to  these.  Milk  is  the  best  food  in  this  disease  as  in  so  many  others. 
A  little  plain  vanilla  ice  cream  may  be  given  and  is  often  soothing 


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to  the  throat.  It  may  also  be  used  in*  cases  of  dyphtheria.  As  the 
patient  improves,  the  diet  should  be  more  generous.  Egg-nog  and 
milk  punch  may  be  given  and  solid  foods  may  be  gradually  added. 

DYSPEPSIA. 

There  are  so  many  forms  of  dyspepsia  that  it  is  almost  impos- 
sible to  give  rules  of  diet  that  will  apply  in  them  all.  Patients 
should  follow  our  simple  bills  of  fare.  We  give  also  the  following 
general  rules,  which  we  have  taken  from  a  recent  American  work 
on  diet: 

1.  Eat  slowly  and  chew  the  food  very  thoroughly. 

2.  Drink    fluids    an    hour    before   meals    or   two    or   three   hours 
after  meals  rather  than  with  meals. 

3.  Eat  at  regular  hours. 

4.  If  greatly  fatigued  lie  down  and  rest  before  and  after  each 
meal. 

5.    Avoid,    as   far   as    possible,   taking   business   worries   or    profes- 
sional cares  to  the  table. 

6.  Take  systematic  exercise  in  the  open  air.     Walking,  bicycle 
and  horseback  riding  are  the  best  forms. 

7.  If  you  are  strong  enough  to  bear  a  cold  sponge  bath,  with 
vigorous  friction  by  rough  towels,  on  rising,  this  is  advisable. 

8.  The  bowels  should  be  kept  open  by  the  use  of  laxative  foods 
and  fluids  rather  than  by  medicines. 

9.  Avoid  too  much  variety  at  one  meal.     Take  meats  and  vege- 
tables at  separate  meals. 

Weak  tea  in  very  hot  water  is  often  beneficial.  Strong  tea  is 
astringent.  Cocoa,  but  not  chocolate,  may  be  allowed  to  dyspep- 
tics. Milk  and  vichy  or  milk  and  seltzer  may  be  drank  as  a  beverage, 
unless  there  is  a  tendency  to  flatulence.  Avoid  starchy  foods, 
sweets,  and  milk  and  eggs  if  they  disagree.  Cream,  fresh  butter 
and  olive  oil  are  allowable. 

DIARRHOEA. 

Less  food  than  the  usual  quantity  taken,  must  be  used  in  cases 
of  diarrhoea.  No  irritating  substances  whatever  should  be  taken 
into  the  stomach.  No  fruits,  no  vegetables.  At  the  commencement 


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of  an  acute  attack,  it  is  a  good  plan  to  go  without  food  entirely  for 
a  day.  Then  give  rice  or  arrowroot  gruel  or  barley  water.  As  the 
patient  improves  he  may  use  mutton  or  chicken  broth  thickened,  if 
desired,  with  boiled  rice,  tapioca,  sago,  arrowroot  or  cracker  crumbs, 
or  may  take  milk  diluted  with  one-third  rice  water,  if  there  is  no 
vomiting.  On  returning  to  ordinary  diet,  first  use  such  articles  as 
milk  toast,  well-cooked  macaroni,  boiled  rice,  and  baked  or  boiled 
potatoes.  Rice  gruel  is  very  useful,  both  as  a  food  and  as  a  drink. 


CHRONIC  CONSTIPATION. 

The  vegetables  allowed  in  our  bills  of  fare  should  be  freely  used 
by  persons  suffering  from  chronic  constipation,  also  coarse  graham 
bread,  rye  bread,  wheatena,  wheat  grits,  Indian  meal,  oatmeal,  Boston 
brown  bread,  olive  oil,  stewed  figs,  blueberries,  apples,  pears,  prunes 
Fruit  is  most  laxative  when  eaten  between  meals  or  half  an  hour 
before  breakfast.  The  action  of  the  fruit  is  assisted  by  drinking 
a  tumberful  or  two  of  water.  Two  or  three  tumblerfuls  of  water 
either  hot  or  cool,  before  retiring  and  on  rising  in  the  morning  are 
also  good.  Also  a  tumberful  about  an  hour  after  each  meal.  Foods 
to  be  avoided  by  persons  with  this  trouble  are  eggs,  milk,  sweets, 
puddings,  made  from  rice,  sago,  etc.,  all  fried  foods,  gravies,  sauces, 
strong  coffee  and  tea. 

HEMORRHOIDS. 

Bulky  foods  should  be  avoided  by  persons  suffering  from  hem- 
orrhoids. Also  milk.  Fresh  fruits  should  be  eaten  and  aperient  fluids 
taken.  Regularity  in  meals  and  time  of  going  to  stool  must  be 
observed  and  abundant  outdoor  exercise  taken. 

ECZEMA. 

In  eczema  the  diet  should  be  very  simple.  In  bad  cases  a  diet  of 
milk,  or  bread  and  milk,  for  one,  two  or  three  weeks,  is  often  of 
great  benefit.  From  one  and  a  half  to  two  and  a  half  quarts  of  milk 
may  be  taken  each  day.  Meats  of  all  kinds  should  be  used  very 
sparingly.  Fish,  boiled  preferred,  may  be  used  sometimes.  Tea, 


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coffee,  or  cocoa  not  more  than  once  a  day,  coffee  not  at  all  in  severe 
cases.  In  some  cases  even  oatmeal  is  too  strong  a  food.  Apples 
are  not  good  in  ecezma.  The  best  food  is  whole  wheat  bread,  fresh 
plainly-cooked  vegetables,  eggs,  milk,  and  a  little  meat  once  a  day. 
Do  not  take  much  fluid  with  meals. 


^  OBESITY. 

Hot  water,  taken  half  an  hour  before  meals,  on  rising  and  on 
retiring,  are  beneficial  and  less  fluid  than  otherwise  is  then  required 
with  the  meals.  Usually  not  more  than  five  ounces  of  fluid  should 
be  taken  with  each  meal,  or  fifteen  ounces  per  day  with  meals,  and 
this  amount  may  be  still  further  reduced  by  giving  water  between 
meals  instead.  Soups  of  all  kinds  are  forbidden.  Little  milk  should 
be  used.  The  food  should  be  as  dry  as  possible,  no  watermelon  or 
food  like  raw  tomatoes  should  be  eaten,  no  sugar,  little  fat,  except 
butter,  little  farniaceous  or  starchy  food.  Gluten  bread  is  better  than 
W|heat  bread.  Lean  meat  should  form  the  basis  of  the  diet,  but 
should  be  varied  with  other  foods. 


DIET  FOR   LEANNESS. 

Plenty  of  fat  meats,  butter,  cream,  milk,  cocoa,  chocolate,  bread, 
potatoes,  well-cooked  cereals,  especially  oatmeal  and  cornmeal,  far- 
inaceous puddings — such  as  rice,  sago  and  farina,  with  sugar  and 
cream,  sweets  such  as  syrup  and  honey,  sweet  fruits.  Avoid  acids, 
sour  fruits  and  fresh  vegetables. 

ACUTE   RHEUMATISM. 

While  the  fever  lasts  and  other  symptoms  of  acute  disorder, 
such  as  pain  and  swelling  of  the  joints,  are  present,  the  patient 
should  be  placed  upon  a  fluid  diet.  Milk  or  bread  and  milk  diet  is 
best  at  these  stages.  If  milk  cannot  be  taken,  then  milk  toast,  rice, 
barley  and  oatmeal  gruels  and  soups  entirely  free  from  fats  may 
be  used.  Lemonade  and  slightly  acid  drinks  may  be  taken,  also 
weak  tea.  As  the  patient  improves,  the  diet  should  be  principally 


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of  farinaceous  articles,  but  not  starchy  foods.  Rice,  arrowroot,  oat- 
meal, cornmeal,  wheat  grits,  milk  toast,  plain,  unsweetened  pud- 
dings, blanc  mange  are  all  good  .  No  meat  or  fish  for  several  days 
after  the  fever  has  subsided  and  the  acute  symptoms  are  gone. 
Later  eggs,  fish,  a  little  lean  meat,  asparagus,  spinach,  stewed  celery, 
baked  apples  and  pears  may  be  taken.  No  sweets,  no  alcohol  under 
any  circumstances,  no  malt  liquors  of  any  kind. 

CHRONIC  RHEUMATISM. 

Not  much  meat;  farinaceous  foods  and  fresh  green  vegetables 
should  be  the  basis  of  the  diet,  no  sweets  or  alcoholic  drinks.  All 
foods  should  be  thoroughly  and  plainly  cooked  and  eaten  in  moder- 
ation. 


DIABETES  MELLITUS. 

Foods  permitted:  Soups  and  broths  made  of  lean  meats  and  with- 
out vegetables,  eggs,  fresh  fish,  fresh  meats,  some  chicken  and  turkey 
or  game,  olive  oil,  butter,  cream,  spinach,  water  cress,  lettuce,  aspar- 
agus, carrots,  no  sweet  fruits,  but  some  acid  fruits  such  as  sour 
apple,  almonds,  walnuts,  Brazil  nuts,  hazel  nuts,  pecans. 

Foods  forbidden  are  sugar  in  any  form,  including  honey,  all 
starchy  foods,  such  as  rice,  sago,  tapioca,  oatmeal,  cornmeal,  hom- 
iny, barley,  macaroni,  vermicelli,  spaghetti,  everything  made  of  flour, 
all  pastry,  pies  and  puddings,  such  vegetables  as  beets,  potatoes, 
parsley,  peas,  beans,  turnips,  cauliflower,  rhubarb,  sweet  fruits,  such 
as  dates,  figs,  prunes,  plums,  bananas,  apricots,  berries  of  all  kinds, 
chestnuts  and  peanuts.  Use  of  water  should  be  restricted,  weak  tea 
may  be  taken,  either  alon-e  or  with  a  little  lemon,  buttermilk  may  be 
drank,  and  plain  soda  or  other  mineral  waters.  Lithia  waters  are 
good. 

NUTRITIOUS    AND    ATTRACTIVE    DISHES    FOR    INVALIDS. 

We  give  below  recipes  for  preparing  a  number  of  dishes  that  will 
serve  to  tempt  the  appetite  of  invalids,  and  will  prove  of  great 
value.  Some  of  these  are  given  after  our  own  methods  of  cooking. 


42  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

Others  have  been  selected  from  various  American  books  on  cooking 
and  diet.  We  give  first  the  best  methods  of  preparing  food  which, 
next  to  milk,  is  probably  the  best  food  in  the  world  for  most  cases  of 
sickness,  namely,  rice.  This  should  always  be  the  best  quality 
obtainable  and  the  best  Chinese  rice  is  the  best  in  the  world. 


RICE  GRUEL. 

Take  a  quarter  of  a  cup  of  rice  and  wash  it  until  the  water  is 
clear.  Boil  it  in  six  cupfuls  of  water  for  about  one  hour.  A  smaller 
quantity  will  cook  in  less  time.  Salt  slightly.  It  is  always  to  be 
taken  warm.  A  cupful  may  be  taken  before  each  meal.  It  is  excel- 
lent in  case  of  cold  and  fever. 

This  preparation  is  very  healthful  and  useful,  especially  for  inval- 
ids and  weakly  persons.  It  is  a  splendid  warm  weather  tonic,  and 
cleanses  "and  rinses  out  the  stomach  and  removes  the  phlegm  and 
residue,  increases  the  juices  and  prepares  the  stomach  for  the  meal. 

The  gruel  quenches  thirst  when  taken  as  herein  directed;  is 
also  very  soothing  to  all  inflamed  conditions  of  the  internal  organs, 
especially  the  stomach  and  bowels;  also  relieves  indigestion  and  sum- 
mer complaint.  It  is  equally  good  for  infants  and  invalids,  and  can 
be  used  to  advantage  by  robust  people.  It  should  be  used  without 
dressing  of  any  kind  with  infants  who  are  in  ill  health,  until  a  healthy 
condition  of  the  system  is  reinstated.  In  hot  weather  the  gruel  should 
be  made  rather  thin,  but  in  cool  weather  it  should  be  made  as  thick 
as  mush.  With  people  who  are  very  feeble,  a  cupful  of  the  gruel 
may  be  used  two  or  three  times  daily  in  very  warm  weather,  only 
a  small  quantity  at  a  time. 

There  is  no  form  of  food  that  compares  with  this  gruel  as  a  tonic 
at  all  seasons  of  the  year,  for  all  people  and  in  all  conditions  of  ill 
health. 

RICE  WATER. 

Thoroughly  wash  one  ounce  of  rice  in  cold  water.  Then  macerate 
for  three  hours  in  a  quart  of  water  kept  at  a  tepid  heat.  Afterwards 
boil  slowly  for  an  hour.  Then  strain.  This  is  a  very  useful  drink  in 
diarrhoea  and  dysentery  and  in  all  irritable  states  of  the  alimen- 


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tary  canal.     It  may   be   sweetened,   or  flavored   with   a   little   lemon 
peel,  placed  in  the  water  while  boiling,  if  desired. 

ANOTHER   RECIPE   FOR   RICE  GRUEL. 

Take  two  ounces  of  ground  rice,  one-fourth  of  an  ounce  of 
powdered  cinnamon,  four  pints  of  water.  Boil  forty  minutes  and 
add  one  teaspoonful  of  orange  marmalade. 

RICE  CREAM. 

Two  tablespoonfuls  of  rice,  two  cups  of  milk,  one  saltspoonful  of 
salt,  two  tablespoonfuls  of  sugar,  two  eggs. 

Cleanse  the  rice  by  washing  it  in  several  changes  of  cold 
water.  Cook  the  rice  with  the'milk  in  a  double  boiler  until  the  grains 
will  mash.  Three  hours  will  generally  be  required  to  do  this. 
Should  the  milk  evaporate,  add  more  to  make  up  for  the  amount 
lost.  When  the  rice  is  thoroughly  soft,  press  it  through  a  colander 
or  soup  strainer  into  a  saucepan.  Return  it  to  the  fire,  and  while 
it  is  heating,  beat  the  eggs,  sugar  and  salt  together  until  very 
light.  When  the  rice  boils,  pour  the  eggs  in  slowly,  stirring  lightly 
with  a  spoon  for  three  or  four  minutes  or  until  the  eggs  and  all  coagu- 
late, and  the  whole  is  like  a  thick,  soft  pudding.  Then  remove  from 
the  fire  and  pour  it  into  a  dish.  By  omitting  the  yolks  of  the  eggs 
and  using  the  whites  only  a  delicate  cream  is  obtained. 

RICE  AND  APPLE. 

Boil  about  two  tablespoonfuls  of  rice  in  a  pint  and  a  half  of 
new  milk,  stirring  it  from  time  to  time  until  the  rice  is  quite 
tender.  Have  ready  some  apples,  peeled,  cored  and  stewed  to  a 
pulp,  and  sweetened,  with  a  very  little  loaf  sugar.  Put  the  rice 
around  the  plate,  and  the  apples  in  the  middle  and  serve. 

DIRECTIONS   FOR   COOKING   PLAIN    RICE. 

Wash  one  cup  of  rice  till  the  water  runs  clear;  then  add  two 
cups  of  cold  water  and  boil  in  a  stewpan  till  the  rice  appears  to  be 
boiled  about  dry — till  the  rice  shows  holes  in  the  top  or  settles  in 
places — which  will  appear  in  about  fifteen  minutes  after  the  boiling 


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commences.  Then  the  stewpan  should  be  placed  on  the  stove  where 
the  heat  is  low,  and  allowed  to  steam  about  twenty  minutes,  or  until 
the  rice  is  thoroughly,  cooked  and  very  soft,  so  that  the  kernels  will 
mash  easily.  A  cloth  should  be  placed  over  the  stewpan  and  the 
cover  over  that  when  the  stewpan  is  placed  to  steam,  for  the  purpose 
of  retaining  the  steam  in  the  stewpan.  Do  not  stir  the  rice  but  once, 
and  then  within  a  few  minutes  after  it  commences  to  boil.  When 
well  cooked  the  rice  should  be  very  light  and  lay  up  loose,  and  each 
kernel  appear  to  be  ready  to  roll  away  from  the  others.  It  should 
be  eaten  in  the  state  that  it  comes  from  the  stewpan. 

Rice  cooked  in  the  above  manner  should  constitute  one-half  of 
the  meals  regularly,  at  least  twice  each  day.  By  using  the  rice  as  a 
base  food,  one  is  not  at  all  likely  to  over  eat,  or  eat  more  than  the 
powers  of  digestion  can  work  up  perfectly. 

We  never  have  known  of  an  instance  where  a  person  who  per- 
sisted in  the  use  of  rice  cooked  in  the  way  prescribed  above,  did  not 
become  attached  to  the  article  and  feel  that  they  could  not  make  a 
meal  without  it,  and  really  prefer  it  to  bread  or  potatoes. 

A  heavy  iron  porcelained-lined  stewpan  is  best,  and  agate  ware 
is  second  best  to  cook  rice  in. 


TO  COOK   RICE   QUICKLY. 

Rice  may  be  cooked  very  thoroughly  and  well  in  half  an  hour  if 
attention  is  paid  to  the  details  of  the  process,  so  as  to  secure  all  the 
benefit  of  the  steam  that  is  generated  while  the  rice  is  cooking.  Take 
one  cup  of  rice  and  two  cups  of  water.  The  cups  may  be  larger  or 
smaller  as  desired.  First  wash  the  rice  very  thoroughly,  in  four 
changes  of  water.  Pour  the  two  cups  of  water  over  it,  in  an  agate 
stewpan  or  pail,  covered  tightly.  Put  it  over  a  fire,  either  a  stove 
or  an  alcohol  or  gasoline  fire.  In  ten  minutes  it  will  commence  to 
boil.  Let  it  boil  hard  for  about  ten  minutes  without  stirring  or  open- 
ing the  dish.  At  first  when  there  is  a  greater  amount  of  steam,  it 
will  spurt  out  of  the  edges  of  the  cover.  As  the  steam  grows  less  it 
will  come  slower  and  will  rise  nearly  straight  into  the  air.  This  is 
an  indication  that  the  rice  has  boiled  long  enough,  but,  in  any  event, 
from  eight  to  twelve  minutes  is  the  proper  time. 


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Now  take  the  dish  from  the  fire,  and  let  it  stand  a  few  minutes, 
say  about  five,  where  it  will  partially  cool.  The  steam  in  the  top  of 
the  pail  and  the  moisture  will  condense  and  settle  to  the  bottom. 
Do  not  remove  the  lid.  After  a  few  minutes  place  the  rice  carefully 
over  the  fire,  turning  the  dish  so  that  the  fire  will  not  be  long  in  one 
place,  and  let  this  condensed  moisture  be  boiled  away.  Only  two  or 
three  minutes  will  be  required  for  this.  Then  remove  from  the  fire, 
still  with  the  cover  on,  and  let  the  dish  stand  five  or  ten  minutes 
longer,  so  that  the  steam  and  hot  air  still  in  the  dish  above  the  rice 
will  cook  it  on  top.  Then  remove  the  cover  and  you  will  find  the  rice 
thoroughly  cooked,  dry  and  the  kernels  unbroken.  Sprinkle  with  salt 
and  eat  plain,  or  with  a  little  butter. 

TO  COOK  EGGS. 

Take  the  whites  of  two  eggs,  well  beaten,  and  two  tablespoonfuls 
of  cold  boiled  water,  and  salt  to  suit  taste;  place  the  bowl  in  a  stew- 
pan  of  boiling  water,  then  cover  the  stewpan  in  a  manner  to  confine 
the  steam.  Cook  about  twenty  minutes,  or  until  thoroughly  done. 

For  the  first  few  days,  use  every  other  day,  then  once  daily.  All 
may  be  eaten  at  one  time,  using  other  foods  to  complete  the  meal. 

By  using  cold  boiled  water,  it  will  dissolve  the  eggs  and  there 
will  be  no  lumps.  If  you  should  prefer  them  thinner,  add  more  water. 

ANOTHER  GOOD  WAY  TO  COOK   EGGS. 

The  following  is  an  excellent  way  to  cook  eggs,  when  patients 
are  sufficiently  strong  to  digest  eggs  boiled  in  the  ordinary  way: 

Have  ready  a  small  pail,  or  covered  dish,  filled  with  boiling  water. 
A  quart  pail  will  be  large,  enough  for  three  eggs,  a  gallon  for  eight 
or  ten.  Place  the  eggs  in  the  boiling  water  and  cover  tight.  Set  them 
aside,  away  from  the  fire  for  fifteen  minutes.  In  this  way  the  eggs 
are  all  cooked  evenly  and  after  a  little  experimenting,  any  one  can 
learn  how  long  to  cook  them  in  order  to  have  tnem  done  just  right. 

EGG   TIMBALELS. 

A    Very    Dainty    and    Attractive    Dish,    Either    for    Invalids    or    Well 

People. 

To  prepare  these  properly,  one  should  have  little  tin  or  agate 
ware  cups  so  that  they  may  be  made  as  small  as  desired.  But  ordi- 


46  FpO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

nary  tea  or  coffee  cups  will  answer.  Old  cups  with  the  handles 
broken  are  good  enough.  Grease  the  cups  with  melted  butter.  Beat 
four  eggs,  whites  and  yolks  together  and  add  a  pinch  of  salt  and  a 
cup  of  milk.  Fill  the  little  cups,  place  them  in  a  pan  and  fill  the 
pan  with  boiling  water  to  half  way  up  the  sides  of  the  cups.  Bake  in 
the  oven  from  ten  to  fifteen  minutes,  trying  them  with  a  silver  knife 
as  you  would  a  custard.  When  they  cease  to  stick  to  the  knife  they 
are  done.  Prepare  a  cream  sauce  by  taking  one  tablespoonful  of  but- 
ter melted  in  a  dish.  Stir  in  a  tablespoonful  of  flour  and  let  it 
dissolve.  Then  add  one  and  a  fourth  cups  of  milk,  a  teaspoonful  of 
salt,  and  stir  it  over  the  fire,  boiling  until  it  thickens.  Turn  out  the 
timbales  of  egg  on  a  hot  dish  and  cover  with  the  hot  cream  sauce. 
Serve  hot.  These  are  very  appetizing  and  very  nutritious;  should  not 
be  made  too  large  for  an  invalid. 

A   NUTRITIOUS  WAY  OF   PREPARING   MUSHES. 

Germea,  cream  of  wheat  and  similar  finely-ground  cereals  may 
be  cooked  and  served  in  a  very  digestible  and  nutritious  mush  in  the 
following  way:  Take  one  pint  of  water  and  one  pint  of  milk.  To  this 
and  three-fourths  of  a  cup  of  the  wheat  or  germea  and  one  tea- 
spoonful  of  salt.  Bring  these  to  the  boiling  point,  then  stir  in  the 
wheat  slowly  till  the  mush  thickens.  Cook  for  an  hour,  if  possible  in 
a  double  boiler. 

BARLEY  WATER. 

Take  two  ounces  of  pearl  barley  and  wash  well  in  cold  water, 
putting  through  two  or  three  washings.  Afterwards  boil  in  a  pint  and 
a  half  of  water  or  twenty  minutes  in  a  covered  vessel.  Strain.  The 
resulting  liquid  may  be  sweetened  and  flavored  with  lemon  peel,  or 
lemon  peel  may  be  added  while  the  boiling  is  going  on,  to  give  it  a 
little  flavor.  This  makes  a  soothing  and  mildly  nutritive  drink  some- 
thing like  rice  gruel. 

ANOTHER  RECIPE  FOR  BARLEY  WATER. 

Wash  two  ounces  of  pearl  barley  in  cold  water.  Then  boil  it  for 
five  minutes  in  some  fresh  water  and  throw  both  waters  away.  Then 
pour  on  two  quarts  of  boiling  water  and  boil  it  down  to  one  quart. 


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Stir  and  skim  occasionally.     Flavor  with  finely  cut  lemon  peel,  add 
sugar  to  taste,  but  do  not  strain  unless  the  patient  prefers  it  strained. 

MULLED  WINE. 

Although  we  do  not  very  often  permit  our  patients  wine  or  any 
ether  drink  containing  alcohol,  yet  it  is  possible  that  there  might  be 
some  circumstances  under  which  it  would  be  allowable.  We,  there- 
fore, give  the  following  receipt  for  mulled  wine: 

Boil  down  spices,  cloves,  nutmeg,  cinnamon  or  mace,  in  a  little 
water,  just  to  flavor  the  wine.  Then  add  a  wineglassful  or  two  of 
sherry  or  any  other  wine,  and  bring  it  to  a  boil.  Serve  with  little 
pieces  of  toast.  Sweeten,  if  desired.  If  claret  is  used  it  will  require 
some  sugar.  The  vessel  in  which  this  is  boiled  should  be  absolutely 
clean. 

LEMONADE. 

Pare  the  rind  from  a  lemon  thinly  and  cut 'the  lemon  into  slices. 
Put  the  peel  and  the  sliced  lemon  into  a  pitcher  with  one  ounce  of 
white  sugar.  Pour  over  them  one  pint  of  boiling  water.  Cover  the 
pitcher  closely  and  let  stand  until  cool  enough  to  drink.  Strain  or 
pour  off  the  liquid.  May  be  taken  hot  or  cool. 

BEEF  JUICE. 

Broil  quickly  some  pieces  of  round  or  sirloin  of  beef  of  a  size  to 
fit  into  the  cavity  of  a  lemon  squeezer  previously  heated  by  being 
dipped  into  hot  water.  The  juice,  as  it  runs  away  from  the  squeezer 
should  be  received  into  a  wine  glass  and,  after  being  seasoned  to 
taste  with  salt  and  cayenne  pepper,  should  be  taken  while  hot. 

BEEF    ESSENCE. 

Cut  a  lean  piece  of  beef  into  small  pieces  and  place  them  in  a 
wide-mouthed  bottle,  securely  corked,  and  allow  it  to  stand  for  sev- 
eral hours  in  a  vessel  of  boiling  water.  This  may  sometimes  be 
used  when  it  is  important  that  the  patient  should  have  considerable 
nourishment,  and  milk  disagrees  with  the  stomach. 


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BEEF  TEA. 

Chop  fine  a  pound  of  lean  beef,  free  from  fat,  tissues,  gristle,  etc., 
cover  with  a  pint  of  cold  water,  and  let  stand  for  two  hours.  Then 
let  it  simmer  on  the  stove  for  three  hours  at  a  temperature  never 
over  160  deg.  Make  up  the  water  lost  through  evaporation  by  adding 
cold  water  so  that  when  done,  one  pint  of  beef  tea  will  represent  a 
pound  of  beef.  Strain  and  carefully  express  all  the  fluid  from  the 
boef. 

CHICKEN    BROTH. 

Skin  and  chop  up  into  small  pieces  a  small  chicken  or  half  of  a 
larger  one,  and  boil  it,  bones  and  all,  with  a  blade  of  mace,  a  sprig 
of  parsley  and  a  crust  of  bread  in  a  quart  of  water  for  an  hour, 
skimming  it  from  time  to  time  to  take  off  all  the  fat  and  scum. 
Then  strain  through  a  colander. 

CHICKEN,    VEAL    OR     MUTTON     BROTH. 

Chicken,  veal  or  mutton  broth  may  be  made  like  beef  tea  by 
substituting  chicken,  veal  or  mutton  for  beef,  boiling  in  a  sauce 
pan  for  two  hours  and  straining.  For  chicken  broth,  the  bones  should 
be  crushed  and  added.  For  veal  broth  the  fleshy  part  of  the  knuckle 
should  be  used.  Either  of  these  broths  may  be  thickened  and  its 
nutritive  value  increased  by  adding  pearl  barley,  rice,  vermicelli  or 
macaroni. 

BEEF  TEA  WITH   OATMEAL. 

This  makes  a  very  nutritious  food.  Take  two  tablespoonfuls  of 
oatmeal  and  two  of  cold  water  and  mix  them  thoroughly.  Then  add 
a  pint  of  good  beef  tea  which  has  just  been  brought  to  the  boiling 
point.  Boil  together  for  five  minutes  stirring  it  well  all  the  time,  and 
strain  through  a  sieve. 

MILK  AND  CINNAMON  DRINK. 

Boil  with  one  pint  of  new  milk,  sufficient  cinnamon  to  flavor  It 
pleasantly  and  sweeten  with  white  sugar.  This  may  be  taken  cold 
with  a  teaspoonful  of  brandy  and  is  very  good  for  diarrhoea.  Children 
may  take  it  warm  without  the  brandy. 


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MILK  PUNCH 

Is  made  by  adding  brandy,  or  whiskey,  or  rum  to  milk  in  the 
proportion  of  about  one  part  of  liquor  to  four  or  six  parts  of  milk. 
Flavor  with  sugar  and  nutmeg  and  shake  well.  Will  not  often  be 
required  by  our  patients. 

HOME-MADE   LIME  WATER. 

Pour  two  quarts  of  hot  water  over  fresh,  unslacked  lime  (a 
piece  the  size  of  a  walnut).  Stir  until  it  is  slacked,  then  let  it  stand 
until  it  becomes  clear  and  bottle  it.  This  is  often  added  to  milk 
to  neutralize  the  acidity  of  the  stomach. 

EGG-NOG. 

Is  made  by  adding  the  beaten  yolks  of  eggs  and  a  little  spirits 
to  a  tumberful  of  milk,  stirring  well,  and  adding  sugar  and  the  whites 
of  the  eggs  separately  beaten.  One  egg  is  usually  sufficient,  the 
digestibility  of  this  food  is  greatly  increased  by  adding  half  an  ounce 
of  lime  water  which  does  not  affect  the  taste  at  all. 

ANOTHER  WAY. 

Scald  down  new  milk  by  putting  it  contained  in  a  jug  into  a  sauce 
pan  of  boiling  water,  but  it  must  not  be  allowed  to  boil.  When  the 
milk  is  cold,  beat  up  an  egg  in  a  tumbler  with  a  fork,  together  with  a 
little  sugar.  Beat  it  to  a  froth.  Add  a  dessert-spoonful  of  brandy  and 
fill  up  the  tumbler  with  some  of  the  scalded  milk.  This  is  a  nutritive 
drink  in  some  acute  diseases  where  there  is  no  fever. 

ARROWROOT  BLANC  MANGE. 

This  makes  a  good  light  dessert  for  invalids.  Take  two  table- 
spoonsful  of  arrowroot,  three  fourths  of  a  pint  of  milk,  lemon  and 
sugar  to  taste.  Mix  the  arrowroot  with  a  little  milk  into  a  smooth 


50  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

batter.  Pour  the  rest  of  the  milk  over  this;  put  on  the  fire  and  let 
it  boil,  sweeten  and  flavor  it,  stirring  all  the  time  until  it  thickens 
sufficiently.  Put  into  a  mould  until  it  is  quite  cold. 


ARROWROOT. 

Mix  thoroughly  two  teaspoonfuls  of  arrowroot  in  three  table- 
spoonfuls  of  cold  water  and  then  pour  on  these,  half  a  pint  of  boil- 
ing water,  stirring  well  meanwhile.  If  the  water  is  quite  boiling,  the 
arrowroot  thickens  and  it  is  poured  off  and  nothing  more  is  necessary. 
If  only  warm  water  is  used,  the  arrowroot  must  afterwards  be  boiled 
until  it  thickens.  Sweeten  with  loaf  sugar,  and  flavor  with  lemon 
peel  or  nutmeg  or  with  sherry  wine,  or  with  port  wine  or  brandy 
if  desired.  Boiling  milk  may  be  used  instead  of  the  water,  but 
v^hen  this  is  done,  no  wine  or  spirits  must  be  used  or  It  will  curdle. 

OATMEAL   GRUEL. 

Take  one  tablespoonful  of  oatmeal,  one  saltspoonful  of  salt,  one 
scant  teaspoonful  of  sugar,  one  cupful  of  boiling  water,  one  cupful  of 
milk.  Mix  the  oatmeal,  salt  and  sugar  together  and  pour  on  the 
boiling  water.  Cook  for  thirty  minutes.  Then  strain  through  a  fine 
wire  strainer  to  remove  the  hulls  of  the  oatmeal.  Place  again  on  the 
stove,  add  the  milk  and  let  it  come  just  to  the  boiling  point.  Serve  hot. 

SCOTCH   BEEF  BROTH. 

To  a  pint  of  beef  broth  which  has  been  carefully  strained  and 
seasoned,  and  from  which  all  fat  has  been  removed,  add  a  teaspoon- 
ful of  oatmeal  and  boil  gently  for  two  hours.  Strain  and  serve  hot. 
In  this  preparation  the  oatmeal  should  be  soft  and  jelly-like,  and  if 
too  much  water  evaporates  during  the  boiling,  more  should  be  added. 


SOME  POINTS  ON  COOKING. 


The  main  thing  to  remember  in  regard  to  all  forms  of  cooking 
for  invalids,  is  that  everything  must  be  very  thoroughly  cooked  for  the 
purpose  of  rendering  it  easily  digestible.  This  applies  equally  to 
bread,  cereals,  meats  and  vegetables.  In  our  opinion,  the  best  way 
to  cook  foods  for  invalids  is  by  steaming  them,  boiling  is  next  best. 
We  rarely  permit  our  patrons  to  eat  anything  that  is  broiled  or 
roasted,  although  for  the  sake  of  variety,  we  may  occasionally  per- 
mit a  little  roast  beef,  or  baked  potatoes  or  broiled  meats,  such  as 
bacon,  chicken  or  beefsteak.  The  reason  for  this  is  that  foods 
cooked  in  hot  air  are  too  dry.  They  do  not  supply  the  juices  of  the 
system  but,  on  the  other  hand,  exhaust  those  juices  upon  which  diges- 
tion and  health  depend.  This  is  a  point,  we  think,  not  fully  under- 
stood by  American  writers  on  diet. 

Double  boilers  are  the  best  dishes  for  cooking,  so  that  the  food 
may  be  inclosed  in  one  dish  and  surrounded  by  hot  water  contained 
in  the  other  dish.  A  gas  fire  is  very  fine,  because  the  heat  may  be 
regulated  so  as  to  cook  the  food  thoroughly  and  evenly.  The  best 
way  to  prepare  cream  or  milk,  is  to  steam  it  in  the  following  way. 
PJace  the  milk  or  cream  in  a  boiler  or  dish  and  set  that  boiler  or 
dish  into  another  containing  boiling  water,  and  allow  the  water  to 
boil  until  the  milk  or  cream  has  been  thoroughly  cooked.  For  milk 
or  cream,  the  cover  on  the  inside  dish  should  be  perforated  to  permit 
the  steam  to  escape. 

All  meats,  mushes,  cereals  and  vegetables  may  be  cooked  in  the 
same  way,  but  inside  dish  should  have  a  tight  cover  to  confine  the 
steam  and  the  cooking  should  be  slow  but  thorough.  Meats  and 
vegetables  should  be  steamed  with  just  enough  water  to  cover  them, 
adding  more,  from  time  to  time,  if  necessary  and,  in  the  case  of 


52  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

meats,  the  resulting  juices  form  a  very  nutritious  and  palatable 
gravy,  containing  all  the  nutriment.  A  piece  of  tender  beefsteak 
cut  into  small  pieces,  covered  with  water,  and  steamed  in  this  way 
until  well  cooked,  say  for  an  hour,  makes  a  most  palatable  dish. 
Ducks  and  chickens  may  be  cooked  in  the  same  way  and  served  with 
boiled  rice  and  green  peas,  are  splendid.  Serve  the  gravy  with  the 
rice.  There  is  no  danger  of  cooking  too  thoroughly. 

All  vegetables  must  be  thoroughly  cooked  and  in  enough  water 
to  make  them  soft  without  being  sloppy.  Such  articles  of  food  as 
rice,  oatmeal,  wheat  flakes  and  potatoes  need  very  thorough  cook- 
ing by  steaming  or  boiling  to  break  up  the  starch  granules  and 
render  them  fit  for  taking  into  the  human  stomach.  If  these  gran- 
ules are  not  well  cooked,  they  are  hard  and  indigestible,  but,  if  well 
cooked,  as  in  a  nicely-baked  or  boiled  potato,  or  in  well-cooked  rice, 
they  burst  apart  and  are  readily  converted  into  sugar  during  the 
digestive  processes  and  this,  in  turn,  is  digested  and  goes  to  nourish 
and  strengthen  the  individual.  This  breaking  apart  of  the  starch 
granules  is  what  gives  the  attractive,  "mealy"  appearance  to  a  well- 
cooked  potato,  as  distinguished  from  the  hard,  clammy,  soggy  appear- 
ance of  a  half-cooked  potato  or  one  that  has  been  allowed  to  stand 
in  water  after  the  cooking  was  finished. 

The  following  remarks  upon  the  cooking  of  meats  are  taken  from 
one  of  the  bulletins  issued  by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agri- 
culture for  the  benefit  of  the  people  at  large  and  are  quoted  here 
because  they  agree  with  our  ideas  upon  this  subject.  The  following 
ideas  are  given  upon  the  subject  of  boiling  meats: 

"If  meat  is  placed  in  cold  water,  part  of  the  organic  salts,  the  sol- 
uble albumen  and  the  extractives  or  flavoring  matters  will  be  dis- 
solved out.  At  the  same  time  small  portions  of  lactic  acid  are  formed? 
which  act  upon  the  meat  and  change  some  of  the  insoluble  matters 
into  materials  which  may  also  be  dissolved  out.  The  extent  of  this 
action  and  the  quantity  of  materials  which  actually  go  into  the  solu- 
tion depend  upon  three  things;  the  amount  of  surface  exposed  to  the 
water,  the  temperature  of  the  water,  and  the  length  of  the  time 
of  the  exposure.  The  smaller  the  pieces,  the  longer  the  time,  or  the 
hotter  the  water,  the  richer  will  be  the  broth  and  the  poorer  the 
meat.  If  the  water  is  heated  gradually  more  and  more  of  the  soluble 
materials  are  dissolved. 


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"If,  on  the  other  hand,  a  piece  of  meat  is  plunged  into  boiling 
water,  the  albumen  on  the  entire  surface  of  the  meat  is  quickly 
coagulated  and  the  enveloping  crust  thus  formed  resists  the  dissolv- 
ing action  of  water  and  prevents  the  escape  of  the  juices  and  flavor- 
ing matters.  Thus  cooked,  the  meat  retains  most  of  its  flavoring  mat- 
ters, and  has  the  desired  meaty  taste.  The  resulting  broth  is  cor- 
respondingly poor. 

"The  foregoing  statements  will  be  of  much  help  in  the  rational 
cooking  of  meats  in  water.  The  treatment  depends  largely  upon  what 
it  is  desired  to  do.  It  is  impossible  to  make  a  rich  broth  and  have 
a  juicy,  highly-flavored  piece  of  boiled  meat  at  the  same  time.  If 
the  meat  alone  is  to  be  used  the  cooking  in  water  should  be  as 
follows:  Plunge  the  cut  at  once  into  a  generous  supply  of  boiling 
water  and  keep  the  water  at  the  boiling  point,  or  as  near  boiling 
as  possible,  for  ten  minutes,  in  order  to  coagulate  the  albumen  and 
seal  the  pores  of  the  meat;  the  coating  thus  formed  will  prevent  the 
solvent  action  of  the  water  and  the  escape  of  the  soluble  albumen 
and  juices  from  the  inner  portions  of  the  meat.  But  if  the  action 
of  the  boiling  water  should  be  continued,  the  whole  interior  of  the 
meat  would,  in  time,  be  brought  near  the  temperature  of  boiling 
water,  and  all  the  albumen  would  be  coagulated  and  rendered  hard. 
Instead  of  keeping  the  water  at  the  boiling  point,  (212  deg.,)  there- 
fore the  temperature  should  be  allowed  to  fall  to  about  180  deg., 
when  the  meat  could  be  thoroughly  cooked  without  becoming  hard. 
A  longer  time  will  be  required  for  cooking  meat  in  this  way,  but 
the  albumen  will  not  be  firmly  coagulated,  and  the  flesh  will  be 
tender  and  juicy  instead  of  tough  and  dry,  as  will  be  the  case  when 
the  water  is  kept  boiling,  or  nearly  boiling,  during  the  entire  time  of 
cooking." 

STEWING. 

"If  both  the  broth  and  the  meat  are  to  be  used,  the  process  of 
cooking  should  be  quite  different  from  that  outlined  for  boiling 
meat.  Stewing  is  in  this  country,  a  much  undervalued  method  of 
cooking.  This  is  probably  partly  due  to  the  fact  that  stewing  is 
generally  very  improperly  done. 

"In  stewing,  the  meat  should  be  cut  into  small  pieces,  so  as  to 
present  relatively  as  large  a  surface  as  possible,  and,  instead  of 


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being  quickly  plunged  into  hot  water,  should  be  put  into  cold  water 
in  order  that  much  of  the  juices  and  flavoring  materials  may  be  dis- 
solved. The  temperature  should  then  be  slowly  raised  until  it 
reaches  about  180  deg.  F.,  where  it  should  be  kept  for  some  hours. 
Treated  in  this  way,  the  broth  will  be  rich  and  the  meat  still  tender 
and  juicy. 

"If  the  water  is  made  much  hotter  than  180  deg.  F.,  the  meat 
will  be  dry  and  fibrous.  It  is  true  that  if  a  high  temperature  is  main- 
tained long  enough  the  connective  tissues  will  be  changed  to  gelatine 
and  partly  dissolved  away,  and  the  meat  will  apparently  be  so 
tender  that  if  touched  with  a  fork  it  will  fall  to  pieces.  It  will  be 
discovered,  however,  that  no  matter  how  easily  the  fibers  come  apart, 
they  offer  considerable  resistance  to  mastication.  The  albumen  and 
fibrin  have  become  thoroughly  coagulated,  and  while  the  fibers  have 
separated  from  each  other  the  prolonged  boiling  has  only  made  them 
drier  and  firmer." 

STEAMING,  THE    BEST  WAY  TO  COOK   MEATS. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  above  quotations,  that,  according  to  the 
highest  American  authority,  stewing,  or  slowly-cooking  meats,  com- 
mencing with  cold  water  and  gradually  heating  it  to  a  point  where  it 
will  simmer  but  not  boil,  is  the  best  way,  when  both  the  meat  and 
the  broth  is  to  be  used  as  food.  But,  in  our  opinion,  the  method  of 
steaming,  in  a  double  boiler,  covering  the  meat  with  only  a  little 
cold  water,  which  is  heated  into  steam,  is  still  better.  Our  patients 
should  use  whichever  of  these  ways  is  most  convenient,  as  a  'general 
rule,  in  cooking  meats,  and  should  employ  other  ways  only  occas- 
ionally, and  as  a  matter  of  variety. 

BROTHS,  SOUPS  AND  MEAT  EXTRACTS. 

The  same  authority  that  we  have  already  quoted  has  the  follow- 
ing to  say  upon  the  subject  of  broths,  soups  and  meat  extracts,  and 
the  reader  will  note  that  these  remarks  fully  sustain  the  position 
that  we  have  always  held  in  regard  to  the  use  of  soups  and  broths 
in  cases  of  fever  and  other  acute  diseases,  namely,  that  the  use  of 
such  foods  is  a  source  of  the  greatest  danger,  and  is  likely  to  imperil 
the  patient's  life.  The  article  says: 


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"The  quantities  of  ingredients  in  a  meat  broth  may  be  illustrated 
by  a  German  experiment.  One  pound  of  beef  and  seven  ounces  of 
veal  bones  gave  about  a  pint  of  strong  broth  or  soup,  which  con- 
tained, by  weight,  water  95.2  per  cent.;  protien,  1.2  per  cent.;  fat  1.5 
per  cent.;  extractives,  1.8  per  cent.;  mineral  matters  .3  per  cent. 

"Very  palatable  broths  can  be  made  by  using  more  water  and 
adding  savory  herbs.  Broths  thus  made,  have,  of  course,  a  greater 
amount  of  water,  frequently  as  much  as  98  per  cent,  or  even  more, 
and  the  nutrients  are  correspondingly  reduced  in  amount.  It  would 
appear  from  the  analysis  given  above,  that  the  amount  of  solids  in 
broths  is  generally  small.  Consequently  their  strong  taste  and  stim- 
ulating effect  upon  the  nervous  system  must  be  ascribed  to  the  meat 
bases  (flavoring  matters)  and  to  the  salts  of  potash  which  they  con- 
tain. Besides  meat  bases  soups  contain  more  or  less  gelatine,  vary- 
ing directly  with  the  quantity  of  bones  used  in  the  preparation. 

"The  true  meat  extract,  if  pure,  contains  little  else  besides  the 
flavoring  matters  of  the  meat  from  which  it  is  prepared,  together 
with  such  mineral  salts  as  may  be  dissolved  out.  It  should  contain 
no  gelatine  or  fat,  and  cannot,  from  the  way  in  which  it  is  made, 
contain  any  albumen.  It  is,  therefore,  not  a  food  at  all  but  a  stimu- 
lant, and  should  be  classed  with  tea,  coffee,  and  other  allied  sub- 
stances. It  should  never  be  administered  to  the  sick  except  as 
directed  by  competent  medical  advice.  Its  strong,  meaty  taste  is 
deceptive,  and  the  person  depending  upon  it  alone  for  food  would 
certainly  die  of  starvation.  Broth  and  beef  tea  as  prepared  ordinarily 
in  the  household  contain  more  or  less  protein,  gelatine  and  fat,  and, 
therefore,  are  foods  as  well  as  stimulants.  The  proportion  of  -  water 
in  such  compounds  is  always  very  large." 

The  reader  will  see  at  once  that  the  above  bears  out  the  con- 
tention which  we  have  maintained  for  many  years,  namely,  that 
broths,  meat  extracts  and  rich  soups  of  all  kinds  are  not  true  foods 
but  stimulants  and  therefore  harmful  in  fevers.  The  object  of  the 
American  physician  in  the  treatment  of  fevers  is  different  from  ours. 
He  wishes  to  maintain  the  strength  of  the  patient  until  the  disease 
has  run  its  course.  We  desire  to  develop  the  juices  of  the  system 
and  to  drown  out  the  fever  at  the  start,  not  permitting  it  to  run  its 
course.  Therefore,  although  the  use  of  stimulants  may  be  perfectly 
proper  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  American  doctor,  it  is  exactly 
contrary  to  our  teachings.  Our  patrons  need  not  fear  starvation  dur- 


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ing  the  few  hours  required  for  our  remedies  to  do  their  work  and 
to  lessen  the  fever.  Be  content  with  a  little  of  the  plainest  food, 
rice,  milk  and  similar  articles  for  a  few  days.  The  fever  will  then 
be  less  and  stronger  nourishment  may  be  employed  safely.  We  have 
given  some  receipts  for  broths  and  soups,  but  we  wish  to  impress, 
once  more,  upon  our  patrons  the  fact  that  these  are  to  be  used  with 
the  greatest  caution  in  all  critical  cases. 

THE    PROPER   WAY   TO    COOK    FISH. 

The  best  fish  for  the  use  of  invalids  are  those  that  are  white- 
meated,  cod,  halibut,  barracouda,  etc.  Salmon  and  dark-meated  fish 
are  too  strong.  The  best  way  to  cook  these  is  by  boiling.  But  the 
water  should  not  be  boiling  when  the  fish  are  put  into  it.  Let  it 
be  on  the  point  of  boiling  and  kept  at  this  temperature  for  a  few 
minutes,  then  permit  it  to  fall  to  a  temperature  of  about  180  deg. 
Cooking  from  twenty  to  thirty  minutes  in  water  at  this  temperature 
will  usually  be  sufficient.  Serve  with  a  plain  cream  sauce. 

A  WORD   IN   CONCLUSION. 

In  conclusion  of  these  directions  on  cooking  we  can  only  repeat 
what  we  have  already  said.  Be  very  careful  of  your  diet,  eat  the 
plainest  foods  and  never  overeat.  Run  the  risk  of  eating  too  little 
rather  than  too  much  and  give  our  herbal  remedies  a  chance  to 
restore  the  stomach  to  its  normal  activities  before  you  burden  it  with 
much  food.  This  is  altogether  the  safest  course.  The  withdrawal  of 
tea,  coffee  and  stimulating  foods  from  your  diet  may  give  you  a  sen- 
sation of  weakness  and  languor  for  a  short  time.  But  this  will  soon 
pass  away  and  you  will  then  be  surprised  to  see  how  much  strength 
you  will  derive  from  plain  food  thoroughly  digested.  In  this  fact 
lies  half  the  secret  of  a  cure.  And  we  cannot  repeat  this  caution  too 
often  or  too  emphatically. 

DIET  IN   HEALTH. 
The  Uses  of  Food   in  the   Human   Body. 

We  do  not  desire  to  leave  our  patrons,  after  recovery,  entirely 
without  advice  upon  the  subject  of  what  they  shall  eat,  one  of  the 


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most  important  questions  that  any  person  has  to  consider.  As  a  gene- 
ral rule,  patrons  of  our  system  who  have  been  restricted  in  their  use 
of  foods  for  several  months  naturally  wish,  after  recovery,  to  allow 
themselves  some  greater  freedom  in  their  choice  of  foods.  To  this 
we  do  not  strongly  object,  provided  that  caution  and  common  sense 
are  exercised.  But  we  propose  to  show,  under  this  heading,  that  the 
diet  which  we  have  laid  .down  for  invalids  is  also,  in  a  sense,  the  best 
for  well  persons,  that  is  to  say  the  articles  selected  for  invalids 
should  also  form  the  basis  of  the  diet  for  well  people,  and  any  addi- 
tions or  variations  should  be  made  with  caution.  Many  people  find 
our  diet  so  wholesome  and  beneficial  that  they  have  little  desire  to 
depart  from  it,  to  any  great  extent,  after  they  are  beyond  the  further 
need  of  taking  the  medicines. 

As  we  are  discussing  American  foods,  and  not  Chinese  foods,  we 
have  tried  to  adapt  our  ideas  to  American  ways  of  living,  as  far  as 
possible.  And  we  have  taken  the  following  remarks  upon  the  use 
of  foods  from  a  very  valuable  book  on  diet  entitled  "Practical  Die- 
tetics" by  Oilman  Thompson,  M.D.,  recently  published  by  D.  Apple- 
ton  &  Co.,  of  New  York.  We  do  not  agree  with  many  of  Mr.  Thomp- 
son's ideas,  yet  there  are  many  suggestions  in  his  book  which  are  of 
great  value.  On  the  subject  of  the  use  of  foods  by  the  human  body,  he 
Bays: 

"The  two  ultimate  uses  of  all  food  are  to  supply  the  body  with 
materials  for  growth  or  renewal  and  with  energy  for  the  capacity  for 
doing  work.  The  energy  received  In  a  latent  form,  stored  in  the 
various  chemical  combinations  of  foods,  is  liberated  as  kinetic  or 
active  energy  in  two  chief  forms,  first  as  heat,  second  as  motion. 
Force  is  a  manifestation  of  energy.  The  force  developed  by  a  healthy 
adult  at  ordinary  labor,  averages  3400 -foot  tons  per  day,  a  foot  ton 
being  the  amount  of  force  required  to  raise  a  weight  of  one  ton 
through  the  height  of  one  foot.  Of  this,  somewhat  less  than  one- 
fifth  is  expended  in  motion  and  somewhat  more  than  four-fifths,  or 
2840  foot  tons,  in  heat,  which  maintains  the  body  temperature  at  Its 
normal  average. 

"A  man  weighing  150  pounds,  or  over  one-thirteenth  of  a  ton, 
obviously  expends  considerable  energy  in  merely  moving  his  own 
body  about  from  place  to  place,  aside  from  carrying  any  additional 
burden.  The  original  force  developed  in  the  various  functions  of  ani- 
mal life,  which  results  in  heat  production  and  motion,  is  chiefly 


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obtained  from  the  radiant  heat  of  the  sun  stored  in  plants  in  the 
latent  form  of  certain  chemical  combinations,  chiefly  starches  and 
sugars,  which,  by  being  consumed  as  food  by  animals,  furnish 
energy." 

This  subject  is  further  illustrated  by  the  following  comparison  of 
the  human  body  with  a  steam  engine,  which  we  have  taken  from 
an  old  scrap  book.  It  gives  a  very  clear  description,  in  language  which 
everybody  can  understand,  of  the  way  in  which  the  food  that  is 
eaten  by  man  is  converted  into  the  various  uses  necessary  to  sustain 
life.  It  is  entitled, 

THE   BODY  AND   ITS  COMPOSITION. 

"The  lamp  of  life"  is  a  very  old  metaphor  for  the  mysterious  prin- 
ciple vitalizing  nerve  and  muscle,  but  no  other  comparison  could  be 
so  apt.  The  full-grown  adult  takes  in  each  day,  through  lungs  and 
mouth,  about  eight  and  a  half  pounds  of  dry  food,  water,  and  the  air 
necessary  for  breathing  purposes.  Through  the  pores  of  the  skin, 
the  lungs,  kidneys,  and  lower  intestines,  there  is  a  corresponding 
waste,  and  both  supply  and  waste  amount  in  a  year  to  one  and  a  half 
tons,  or  three  thousand  pounds. 

The  steadiness  and  clear  shining  of  the  flame  of  a  lamp  depend 
upon  quality  as  well  as  amount  of  the  oil  supplied,  and,  too,  the 
texture  of  the  wick;  and  so  all  human  life  and  work  are  equally  made 
or  marred  by  the  food  which  sustains  life,  as  well  as  the  nature  of 
the  constitution  receiving  that  food. 

Before  the  nature  and  quality  of  food  can  be  considered,  we 
must  know  the  constitutents  of  the  body  to  be  fed,  and  something 
of  the  process  through  which  digestion  and  nutrition  are  accomp- 
lished. 

I  shall  take  for  granted  that  you  have  a  fairly  plain  idea  of  the 
stomach  and  its  dependences.  Physiologies  can  always  be  had,  and  for 
minute  details  they  must  be  referred  to.  Bear  in  mind  one  or  two 
main  points;  that  all  food  passes  from  the  mouth  to  the  stomach,  an 
irregularly-shaped  pouch  or  bag  with  an  opening  into  the  duodenum, 
and  from  thence  into  the  larger  intestine.  Fom  the  mouth  to  the 
end  of  this  intestine,  the  whole  may  be  called  the  alimentary  canal, 
is  a  tube  of  varying  size  and  some  thirty-six  feet  in  length.  The 
mouth  must  be  considered  part  of  it,  as  it  is  in  the  mouth  that 


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digestion  actually  begins,  all  starchy  foods  depending  upon  the  action 
of  the  saliva  for  genuine  digestion,  saliva  having  some  strange  power 
by  which  starch  is  converted  into  sugar.  Swallowed  whole  or  placed 
directly  in  the  stomach,  such  food  passes  through  the  body 
unchanged.  Each  division  of  the  alimentary  canal  has  its  own 
distinct  digestive  juice,  and  I  give  them  in  the  order  in  which  they 
occur. 

First.  The  saliva,  secreted  from  the  glands  of  the  mouth;  alka- 
line, glairy,  adhesive. 

Second.  The  gastric  juice,  secreted  in  the  inner  or  third  lining 
of  the  stomach,  an  acid,  and  powerful  enough  to  dissolve  all  the 
fibre  and  albumen  of  flesh  food. 

Third.  The  pancreatic  juice,  secreted  by  the  pancreas,  which 
you  know  in  animals  as  sweetbreads.  The  juice  has  a  peculiar  influ- 
ence upon  fats,  which  remain  unchanged  by  saliva  and  gastric  juice, 
and  not  until  dissolved  by  pancreatic  juice,  and  made  into  what 
chemists  call  an  emulsion,  can  they  be  absorbed  into  the  system. 

Fourth.  The  bile,  which  no  physiologist  as  yet  thoroughly  under- 
stands. We  know  its  action,  but  hardly  why  it  acts.  It  is  a  necessity, 
however,  for  if  by  disease  the  supply  be  cut  off,  an  animal  emaciates 
and  soon  dies. 

Fifth.  The  intestinal  juice,  which  has  some  properties  like  saliva, 
and  is  the  last  product  of  the  digestive  forces. 

A  meal,  then,  in  its  passage  downward  is  first  diluted  and 
increased  in  bulk  by  a  watery  fluid  which  prepares  all  the  starchy 
portion  for  absorption.  Then  comes  a  still  more  profuse  fluid,  dissolv- 
ing all  the  meaty  part.  Then  the  fat  is  attended  by  the  stream  of 
pancreatic  juice,  and  at  the  same  time  the  bile  pours  upon  it,  doing 
its  own  work  in  its  own  mysterious  way;  and  last  of  all,  lest  any 
process  should  have  been  imperfect,  the  long  canal  sends  out  a  juice 
having  some  of  the  properties  of  all. 

Thus    each    day's   requirements   call   for: 

Grammes. 

Of  saliva   33-4 

Of  gastric  juice 12 

Of  bile    33-4 

Of  pancreatic  juice    11-2 

Of  intestinal  juice    1-2 

211-2 


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Do  not  fancy  this  is  all  wasted  or  lost.  Very  far  from  it;  for 
the  whole  process  seems  to  be  a  second  circulation,  as  it  were;  and 
while  the  blood  is  moving  in  its  wonderful  passage  through  veins  and 
arteries,  another  circulation  as  wonderful,  an  endless  current  going 
its  unceasing  round  so  long  as  life  lasts,  is  also  taking  place.  But 
without  food  the  first  would  become  impossible;  and  the  quality  of 
food,  and  its  proper  digestion,  mean  good  or  bad  blood  as  the  case 
may  be.  We  must  follow  our  mouthful  of  food,  and  see  how  this 
action  takes  place. 

When  the  different  juices  have  all  done  their  work  the  chyme, 
which  is  food  as  it  passes  from  the  stomach  into  the  duodenum  or 
passage  to  the  lower  stomach  or  bowels,  becomes  a  milky  substance 
called  chyle,  which  moves  slowly,  pushed  by  numberless  muscles  along 
the  bowel,  which  squeeze  much  of  it  into  little  glands  at  the  back  of 
the  bowels.  These  are  called  the  mesentric  glands;  and,  as  each  one 
receives  its  portion  of  chyle,  a  wonderful  thing  happens.  About  half 
of  it  is  changed  into  small,  round  bodies  called  corpuscles,  and  they 
float  with  the  rest  of  the  milky  fluid  through  delicate  pipes  which 
take  it  to  a  sort  of  bag  just  in  front  of  the  spine.  To  this  bag  is 
fastened  another  pipe  or  tube — the  thoracic  duct — which  follows  the 
line  of  the  spine;  and  up  this  tube  the  small  bodies  travel  till  they 
come  to  the  neck  and  a  spot  where  two  veins  meet.  A  door  in  one 
opens  and  the  transformation  is  complete.  The  small  bodies  are 
raw  food  no  more,  but  blood,  traveling  fast  to  where  it  may  be  puri- 
fied, and  begin  its  endless  round  in  the  best  condition.  For,  as  you 
know,  venous  blood  is  still  impure  and  dirty  blood.  Before  it  can  be 
really  alive  it  must  pass  through  the  veins  to  the  right  side  of  the 
heart,  flow  through  into  the  upper  chamber,  then  through  another 
door  or  valve  into  the  lower,  where  it  is  pumped  out  into  the  lungs. 
If  these  lungs  are,  as  they  should  be,  full  of  pure  air,  each  corpuscle 
is  so  charged  with  oxygen  that  the  last  speck  of  impurity  is  burned  up> 
and  it  goes  dancing  and  bounding  on  its  way.  That  is  what  health 
means;  perfect  food  made  into  perfect  blood,  and  giving  that  sense  of 
strength  and  exhilaration  that  we  none  of  us  know  half  as  much  about 
as  we  should.  We  get  it  sometimes  on  mountain-tops  in  clear  autumn 
days  when  the  air  is  like  wine,  but  nature  meant  it  to  be  our  daily 
portion,  and  this  very  despised  knowledge  of  cookery  is  to  bring  it 
about.  If  a  lung  is  imperfect,  supplied  only  with  foul  air  as  among 
the  very  poor,  or  diseased  as  in  consumption,  food  does  not  nourish, 


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and  you  now  know  why.  We  have  found  that  the  purest  air  and 
the  purest  water  contain  the  largest  proportion  of  oxygen;  and  it  is 
this  that  vitalizes  the  food  and,  through  food  the  blood. 

To  nourish  this  body  then  demands  many  elements;  and  to  study 
these  has  been  the  joint  work  of  chemists  and  physiologists,  till  at 
last  every  constituent  of  the  body  is  known  and  classified.  Many  as 
these  constituents  are,  they  are  all  resolved  into  the  simple  elements, 
oxygen,  hydrogen,  nitrogen  and  carbon,  while  a  little  sulphur,  a  little 
phosphorus,  lime,  chlorine,  sodium,  etc.,  are  added. 

Flesh  and  blood  are  composed  of  water,  fat,  fibrine,  albumen, 
gelatine,  and  the  'compounds  of  lime,  phosphorus,  soda,  potash,  mag- 
nesia, iron,  etc. 

Bone  contains  cartilage,  gelatine,  fat,  and  the  salts  of  lime, 
magnesia,  soda,  etc.,  in  combination  with  phosphoric  and  other  acids. 

Cartilage  consists  of  chondrine,  a  substance  somewhat  like  gela- 
tine, and  contains  all  the  salts  of  sulphur,  lime,  soda,  potash,  phos- 
phorus, magnesia  and  iron. 

Bile  is  made  up  of  water,  fat,  resin,  sugar,  cholesterine,  some 
fatty  acids,  and  the  salts  of  potash,  iron  and  soda. 

The  Brain  is  made  up  of  water,  albumen,  fat,  phosphoric  acid, 
osmazone  and  salts. 

The  Liver  unites  water,  fat  and  albumen  with  phosphoric  and 
other  acids,  and  lime,  iron,  soda  and  potash. 

The  Lungs  are  formed  of  two  substances:  one  like  gelatine, 
another  of  the  nature  of  caseine  and  albumen,  fibrine,  cholesterine, 
iron,  water,  soda,  and  various  fatty  and  organic  acids. 

How  these  varied  elements  are  held  together,  even  science  with 
all  its  deep  searchings  has  never  told.  No  man,  by  whatever  com- 
bination of  elements,  has  ever  made  a  living  plant,  much  less  a 
living  animal.  No  better  comparison  has  ever  been  given  than  that 
of  Youmans,  who  makes  a  table  of  the  analogies  between  the  human 
body  and  the  steam  engine,  which  I  give  as  it  stands: 


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ANALOGIES   OF   THE    STEAM    ENGINE    AND   THE    LIVING    BODY. 


The    steam    engine    in     action 
takes: 

1.  Fuel:    Coal    and    wood,    both 
combustible. 

2.  Water  for  evaporation. 

3.  Air  for  combustion. 

And   Produces: 

4.  A  steady  boiling  heat  of  212 
degs.  by  quick  combustion. 

5.  Smoke    loaded    with    carbonic 
acid  and  watery  vapor. 

6.  Combustible  ashes. 

7.  Motive  force  of  simple  alter- 
nate push  and  pull  in  the  pis- 
ton.,     which,      acting      through 
wheels,  bands  and  levers,  does 
work  of  endless  variety. 

8.  A  deficiency  of  fuel,  water  or 
air,    disturbs,    then    stops    the 
motion. 


The  animal  body  in  life  takes: 

1.  Food:    Vegetables    and    flesh, 
both  combustible. 

2.  Water   for  circulation. 

3.  Air  for  respiration. 

And   Produces: 

4.  A  steady  animal  heat  by  slow 
combustion  6f  98  deg. 

5.  Expired    breath    loaded    with 
carbonic    acid    and    watery   va- 
por. 

6.  Combustible   animal   refuse. 

7.  Motive  force  of  simple  alter- 
nate contraction  and  relaxation 
in    the    muscles    which,    acting 
through     joints,     tendons     and 
levers,    does    work    of    endless 
variety. 

8.  A  deficiency  of  food,  drink  or 
air    first    disturbs,    then    stops 
the  motion  and  the  life. 


Carrying  out  this  analogy  you  will  at  once  see  why  a  person 
working  hard  with  either  body  or  mind  requires  more  food  than  the 
one  who  does  but  little.  The  food  taken  into  the  human  body  can 
never  be  a  simple  element.  We  do  not  feed  on  plain,  undiluted  oxy- 
gen or  nitrogen;  and,  while  the  composition  of  the  human  body 
includes  really  sixteen  elements  in  all,  oxygen  is  the  only  one  used 
in  its  natural  state.  I  give  first  the  elements  as  they  exist  in  a  body 
weighing  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  this  b~eing  the  average 
weight  of  a  full-grown  man;  and  add  a  table,  compiled  from  different 
sources,  of  the  composition  of  the  body  as  made  up  from  these  ele- 
ments. Dry  as  such  details  may  seem,  they  are  the  only  key  to  a 
full  understanding  of  the  body,  and  the  laws  of  the  body,  so  far  as  the 
food  supply  is  concerned;  though  you  will  quickly  find  that  the  day's 
food  means  the  day's  thought  and  work,  well  or  ill,  and  that  in  your 


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hands  is  put  a  power  mightier  than  you  know — the  power  to  build  up 
body,  and  through  body  the  soul,  into  a  strong  and  healthful  manhood 
and  womanhood. 

COMPOSITION  OF  THE    BODY. 

Lbs.  Ozs.  Grs. 

1.  Water,  which  is  found  in  every  part  of  the  body  and 

amounts  to  109-      0        0 

2.  Fibrine  and  like  substances,  found  in  the  blood  and 

forming  the  chief  solid  materials  of  the  flesh....   15     10         0 

3.  Phosphate  of  lime,  chiefly  in  bones  and  teeth,  but  in 

all  liquids  and  tissues 8     12    '     0 

4.  Fat,  a  mixture  of  three  chemical  compounds,  and  dis- 

tributed all  through  the  body 4       8         0 

5.  Osseine,    the    organic    framework    of    bones;    boiled 

gives  gelatine;    weight   4       7     350 

6.  Keratine,     a     nitrogenous     substance,     forming     the 

greater  part  of  hair,  nails  and  skin;   weighs 420 

7.  Cartilagine  resembles  the  osseine  of  bone,  and  is  a 

nitrogenous    substance,    the    chief    constituent    of 

cartilage,   weighing    1       8         0 

8.  Haemoglobine  gives  the  red  color  to  blood,  and  is  a 

nitrogenous  substance,  containing  iron,  and  weigh- 
ing         1       8         0 

9.  Albumen  is  a  soluble  nitrogenous  substance,  found  in 

the  blood;  chyle,  lymph  and  muscle,  and  weighs..     110 

10.  Carbonate  of  lime  is  found  in  the  bones  chiefly,  and 

weighs    1       1        0 

11.  Hephalin  is  found  in  nerves   and  brain,   with   cere- 

brine  and  other  compounds 0     13         0 

12.  Fluoride  of  calcium  is  found  in  teeth  and  bones,  and 

weighs    0       7     175 

13.  Phosphate  of  magnesia  is  also  in  teeth  and  bones, 

and  weighs    0       7         0 

14.  Chloride  of  sodiuni,  or  common  salt,  is  found  in  all 

parts   of  the  body 0      7        0 

15.  Cholesterine,    glycogen    and    inosite    are    compounds 

containing  hydrogen,  oxygen  and  carbon,  found  in 

muscle,  liver  and  brain,  and  weighing 030 


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16.  Sulphate  phosphate  and  salts  of  sodium,  found  in  all 

tissues  and  liquids   0       2     107 

17.  Sulphate,  phosphate  and  chloride  of  potassium  are 

also  in  all  tissues  and  liquids 0       0     300 

18.  Silica,  found  in  hair,  skin  and  bones 0      0       30 


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SUBSTANCES   THAT    CAN    BE    USED    AS    FOOD. 

Having  thus  given  our  readers  some  idea  of  the  way  that  food  is 
employed  in  the  human  body  to  sustain  life  and  to  permit  the  body 
to  perform  its  functions,  we  now  come  to  the  question,  "What  are 
food  elements?"  In  other  words,  "what  are  the  substances  that  the 
body  takes  up  and  appropriates  to  undergo  the  different  chemical 
changes  necessary  to  make  blood,  bone,  flesh,  brain  and  sinew?" 
Upon  this  point  we  give  the  following  chart  which  shows  at  a  glance 
the  primary  materials  into  which  all  food  is  reduced.  This  is  one 
of  the  charts  published  by  the  United  States  Government  and  pre- 
pared by  its  eminent  expert,  Professor  Wilbur  Olin  Atwater.  Here 
it  is: 


Food  Materials 
as  Purchased. 


Edible  Portions, 

Flesh  of  Meat, 

Yolk  and  White  of 

Eggs,  Wheat, 

Flour,  Etc. 

Refuse, 

Bones,  Entrails, 
Shells,  Etc. 


Water, 
Nutrients, 

(           Protein, 
Fats, 
\     Carbohydrates 
Mineral 
Matter. 

Protein  forms  tissues,  i.  e.,  muscle,  tendon  and  fat. 

WWte  of  eggs,  i.  e.,  albumen;    curd  of  milk,  i.  e.,  casein;    lean 

meat,  gluten  of  wheat,  etc. 
Fats  form  fatty  tissues. 

Fat  of;  meat,  butter,  olive  oil,  oils  of  corn  and  wheat,  etc. 
Carbohydrates: 

Sugar,   starch,   etc.,   are  transformed   into   fats. 


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Mineral  Matters  aid  in  forming  bones,  assist  in  digestion,  etc. 

Phosphate  of  lime,  potash,  soda,  etc. 

All  of  the  above,  the  protein,  the  fats,  the  carbohydrates  and  the 
mineral  matters  serve  as  fuel  and  yield  energy  in  the  form  of  heat 
and  muscular  strength. 

DEFINITION    OF    PROTEIN. 

Perhaps  the  word  protein  is  sufficiently  explained  above  by  show- 
ing the  shapes  in  which  it  appears,  in  its  purest  form,  as  food.  Yet  it 
occurs  so  frequently  in  all  works  on  diet  that  perhaps  the  chemical 
definition  will  not  be  out  of  place.  It  is  as  follows:  Protein  is  a 
compound  obtained  from  proteids,  originally  regarded  as  a  proteid 
deprived  of  its  sulphur,  but  now  as  an  artificial  product  resembling 
alkali  albumen. 

It  appears  that,  in  order  to  know  what  protein  is,  we  must  also 
know  what  a  proteid  is,  and  the  definition  of  this  latter  is  as  follows: 

Proteid,  any  one  of  a  class  of  highly  complex  and  usually  amor- 
phous compounds  containing  carbon,  hydrogen,  oxygen,  nitrogen  and 
sulphur,  found  as  viscous  solids  or  in  solution  in  nearly  all  the  solids 
and  liquids  of  animal  and  vegetable  organisms. 

Proteids  are  the  most  important  animal  and  vegetable  compounds, 
and  none  of  the  phenomena  of  life  occurs  without  their  presence. 
They  are  divided  into  animal  proteids  and  vegetable  proteids,  between 
which  no  essential  differences  appear.  Some  chemists  use  the  word 
albuminoid  to  mean  proteid. 

The  other  forms  of  the  simplest  elements  of  food,  the  carbohy- 
drates, starches,  sugars,  fats  and  mineral  matters,  are  sufficiently 
explained  for  our  purposes  by  their  very  names.  Having  thus  given 
this  discussion  of  the  elements  of  food,  let  us  now  consider  how  much 
food  is  required  for  the  daily  use  of  man.  Nature  has  used  these 
simplest  elements  in  a  great  variety  of  forms,  the  flesh  of  different 
animals,  in  grains,  fruits  and  vegetables,  which  have  different  appear- 
ances and  tastes,  and  appeal  to  the  appetite  in  different  ways.  It 
remains  for  man  to  make  the  proper  use  of  these  food  materials. 

THE   AMOUNT   OF    FOOD    REQUIRED    BY    MAN. 

Scientists  have  made  many  analyses  of  the  different  foods  and 
many  experiments  to  determine  just  how  much  food  a  person  in  health 


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ought  to  have  in  order  to  supply  the  necessary  amount  of  heat  and 
energy  to  maintain  his  health  and  to  enable  him  to  do  his  daily  work. 
One  of  the  scientists,  Billings,  thinks  that  an  aduit  male,  doing  mode- 
rate manual  labor,  ought  to  eat,  every  day,  twenty  ounces  of  lean 
meat,  twenty-two  ounces  of  bread  and  ten  ounces  of  potatoes,  or  the 
equivalent  of  these  materials  in  other  forms  of  food,  together  with 
three  or  four  cups  of  coffee.  A  robust  man  weighing  144  pounds  may 
consume  one-twenty-fourth  of  his  body  weight,  or  six  pounds,  in  nour- 
ishment, every  day,  distributed  as  follows: 

Inorganic  food,  water  and  salts,  3.5  pounds;  organic  food,  such  as 
animal  food,  one  pound,  vegetable  food,  one  and  a  half  pounds. 

Another  scientist,  Pavy,  thinks  a  man  should  eat  two  pounds  of 
bread  and  three-fourths  of  a  pound  of  beef,  as  weighed  before  it  is 
cooked.  This,  he  thinks,  would  contain  about  the  right  proportion  of 
carbon  and  nitrogen.  This  would  be  forty-four  ounces  of  solid  food 
per  day. 

The  quantity  of  mineral  matter  for  daily  use  varies  from  half  an 
ounce  to  one  ounce.  Another  scientist  estimates  that  a  man  of  150 
pounds  can  do  an  average  day's  work  upon  a  diet  of  albuminoids,  four 
and  a  half  ounces;  fats,  three  and  three-fourths  ounces;  carbohy- 
drates, eighteen  ounces,  and  salts,  one  and  one-half  ounces.  This 
estimate  is  for  foods  free  from  water. 

According  to  American  doctors  the  quantity  of  water  drank  each 
day  is  usually  less  than  should  be  taken.  Many  persons  believe  that 
it  is  injurious  to  drink  much  fluid  with  their  meals,  and  forget  to 
take  it  between  meals  and,  as  a  result,  not  enough  water  is  consumed 
to  dissolve  thoroughly  and  to  eliminate  the  waste  matter  from  the 
system.  The  average  quantity  of  urine  voided  is  fifty-two  ounces. 
Ten  ounces  are  lost  from  the  surface  of  the  lungs  and  eighteen  ounces 
from  the  skin.  This  total  loss  of  eighty  ounces  must  be  replaced 
daily  in  order  to  maintain  the  equilibrium  of  the  body.  The  solid 
foods  of  a  mixed  diet  have  been  shown  to  contain  on  an  average, 
fifty  to  sixty  per  cent,  of  water,  so  that  about  twenty-five  ounces  of 
water  are  taken  into  the  system  daily  as  an  integral  portion  of  the 
food.  In  addition,  at  least  fifty-five  ounces  or  more  should  be  drank, 
either  as  plain  water  or  in  various  beverages.  The  ratio  of  solid 
to  liquid  foods  should  be  about  as  one  to  two. 

It  is  estimated  that  in  each  twenty-four  hours  a  man  of  noraml 
health  and  physique  absorbs,  including  the  respiratory  oxygen  and 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  67 

water,  about  seven  and  a  quarter  pounds  of  material,  which  he  elimi- 
nates in  a  corresponding  quantity  of  waste,  about  three-fifths  of  which 
is  water. 

THE    BEST    FOODS    TO    USE. 

Having  now  given  the  reader  some  idea  of  the  amount  of  food 
that  is  required,  in  a  state  of  health,  to  maintain  health,  let  us  con- 
sider for  a  moment,  the  best  foods  that  can  be  used.  We  shall  find 
that  they  are  principally  the  foods  that  we  have  placed  upon  our  bills 
of  fare  for  the  use  of  invalids.  We  are  considering,  now,  the  ques- 
tion of  food  solely  from  the  point  of  view  of  health  and  without  refer- 
ence either  to  its  cost  or  to  satisfying  the  demands  of  a  more  or  less 
capricious  palate. 

Professor  Atwater,  whom  we  have  already  quoted,  has  given  us 
the  results  of  experiments  with  University  boat  crews,  in  training  for 
races.  These  men  required  the  very  best  foods  because  they  were 
laboring  severely,  and  were  also  endeavoring  to  maintain  the  best 
state  of  health  and  not  only  to"  repair  all  tissue  waste  and  loss,  but  to 
increase  their  strength  and  muscular  development.  We  may,  there- 
fore, accept  the  foods  that  they  used  as  being  the  best  that  could 
be  obtained. 

We  find  that  the  foods  that  were  served  to  these  healthy,  well- 
developed  and  active  young  men  consisted  of  roast  and  broiled  beef 
and  lamb,  fricassed  chicken,  roast  turkey,  broiled  fish,  eggs,  either 
raw,  poached  or  boiled  in  the  shells,  milk  and  cream,  oatmeal,  hominy, 
toasted  bread,  shredded  wheat,  cornmeal,  bread,  potatoes,  boiled  rice, 
beets,  parsnips,  green  peas,  spinach,  asparagus,  tomatoes,  macaroni, 
vermicelli,  apple  tapioca  pudding,  bread  pudding,  custard  pudding. 
A  small  amount  of  coffee  jelly  was  served,  and  very  rarely,  ice  cream. 
No  fresh  fruit  was  served  with  the  exception  of  a  few  oranges. 
Stewed  prunes,  rhubarb  and  apples  were  allowed;  also  dates  and  figs. 

Now  there  are  a  few  of  the  above  mentioned  articles  of  diet 
which  we  should  not  recommend  to  invalids,  and  we  should  object,  as 
a  rule,  to  some  of  the  methods  of  cooking.  But  the  reader  will  see 
that  this  diet  contains  many  of  the  articles  which  we  have  placed 
upon  our  bills  of  fare. 


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A    COMPARISON    OF    FOOD    VALUES. 

American  chemists  have  analyzed  all  kinds  of  food  for  the  pur- 
pose of  discovering  which  are  the  best,  the  cheapest  and  the  most 
wholesome.  We  do  not  care  to  give  an  extended  discussion  of  these 
results  of  chemical  analysis  because  that  would  be  out  of  place  here. 
But  we  wish  to  present  the  analysis  of  a  very  few  articles  which 
illustrates  the  points  that  we  have  been  making  in  the  preceding 
pages.  The  analysis  shows  the  protein,  the  fats,  the  carbohydrates 
and  the  fuel  value  in  each  article,  and  is  as  follows: 

Mineral  Fuel 

Food                                Protein.  Fat.  Carbohydrates.  Matter.  Value. 

Sirloin  of  beef 4.25  4.64             0.22  60.62 

Milk    1.02  1.13               1.32  0.20  20.31 

Butter    0.28  23.48               0.14  0.85  217.18 

Salt  Pork   1.84  16.88             ......  1.05  164.67 

Chicken    3.79  2.88             0.22  42.50 

Eggs    4.24  2.97             0.25  44.89 

Whole  wheat  bread....     2.45  1.70            18.13  0.85  100.30 

Oatmeal 4.42  2.06            19.28  0.53  116.25 

Rice    2.20  0.11             22.38  0.11  101.87 

The  above  comparison  might  be  continued  indefinitely,  but  we 
have  stated  enough  for  our  purposes.  The  reader  will  at  once  see 
why  milk  and  rice  are  wholesome  foods  in  sickness,  especially  where 
there  is  fever.  Each  of  these  articles  of  diet  contains  all  of  the  ele- 
ments necessary  to  support  life  with  a  low  fuel  value.  Hence,  when 
a  food  is  desired  that  will  support  life  and  repair  the  waste  of  tissue 
which  is  a  result  of  disease  without  creating  fever,  these  two  articles 
are  the  best  to  be  had.  As  regards  meats  we  have  given  the  analysis 
of  beei,  with  much  protein  and  fat  and  some  mineral  constituents 
and  a  small  fuel  value  and,  at  the  other  extreme,  salt  pork,  which 
contains  much  less  nutriment  than  beef,  but  nearly  three  times  as 
much  heat.  Hence  this  latter  food  would  never  do  for  an  invalid,  or 
for  a  well  person  in  a  tropical  climate.  Its  use  should  be  confined 
to  healthy,  vigorous,  hard-working  people  living  in  a  cold  country. 

Undoubtedly,  the  four  articles  of  food  that  are  of  the  greatest 
value  to  the  human  race  are  wheat,  beef,  milk  and  rice.  These  are 
the  mainstays  of  life  among  the  densest  populations  the  world  over. 


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According  to  this  analysis  chicken  ought  also  to  be  a  very  desira- 
ble food  in  cases  of  sickness,  but  there  is  some  quality  about  this 
food,  not  revealed  in  the  analysis,  which  makes  it  too  strong  in  criti- 
cal cases,  and  we  much  prefer  beef  until  after  our  patrons  have 
recovered  from  the  severest  attacks  and  their  digestive  powers  are 
stronger. 

THE    FOODS   OF  THE   FUTURE. 

After  all,  considering  the  length  of  time  that  man  has  been  upon 
the  earth,  the  variety  of  foods  now  used  by  him  is  less  than  might  be 
expected,  and  great  numbers  of  the  articles  in  use  are  not  entirely 
desirable  from  the  standpoint  of  health.  Realizing  this,  efforts  are 
constantly  being  made  by  some  of  the  leading  governments  to  add 
new  kinds  of  food,  especially  grains  and  vegetables,  to  those  now 
commonly  used.  The  government  of  the  United  States  has  been 
active  in  this  direction,  and  has  turned  its  attention  to  a  considerable 
extent  to  that  vast  empire  of  China,  from  which  have  already  come 
many  of  the  best  foods  of  man,  in  the  hope  of  discovering  there  other 
new  varieties  of  value. 

Upon  this  point  Mr.  Arthur  Henry,  in  an  article  entitled  "The 
Foods  of  the  Future,"  published  in  the  Puritan  Magazine  for  Novem- 
ber, 1899,  has  the  following  to  say: 

"A  dozen  plants  will  cover  the  vegetable  display  on  the  average 
American  table  from  one  year's  end  to  another.  If  the  experiments 
recently  undertaken  by  the  Agricultural  Department  prove  successful, 
the  dozen  will  be  multiplied  by  hundreds.  A  government  food  expert 
has  recently  estimated  that  the  number  of  vegetables,  all  of  which 
could  be  grown  for  the  table,  would  reach  into  hundreds. 

"Onions,  horseradish,  cucumbers  and  melons  all  originated  wild  in 
the  Orient.  Fifty  years  ago  England  sent  out  the  explorer  Fortune, 
who  brought  back  with  him  a  remarkable  collection  of  plants  which 
made  him  famous.  Among  these  was  the  Chinese  sand  pear,  in  itself 
a  purely  ornamental  species,  bearing  fruit  that  is  scarcely  edible,  and 
yet  from  which,  by  a  process  of  culture,  resulted  the  Kieffer  and  Le 
Conte  varieties,  which  have  revolutionized  pear  culture  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  United  States. 

"  It  has  been  estimated  by  Mr.  Augustine  Henry,  well  known 
for  his  researches  on  the  Chinese  flora,  that  there  are  at  least  one 
hundred  kinds  of  fruits  growing  wild  and  unknown  in  the  interior  of 


70  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

China  which  could  be  cultivated  and  made  as  valuable  to  the  use  of 
man  as  either  the  peach  or  the  apple." 


NEW   FOODS   FROM   CHINA. 

Walter  C.  Blasdale,  instructor  in  chemistry  in  the  University  of 
California,  another  expert  for  the  United  States  Government,  has 
recently  rendered  a  report  on  certain  Chinese  vegetable  food  mate- 
rials, of  which  he  has  made  an  exhaustive  study.  He  believes  that 
many  of  these  will  ultimately  become  of  general  use  and  of  great 
value  to  American  and  European  nations.  Among  the  plants  which 
he  discusses  are  the  saggitaria,  or  arrowhead  which  produces  tubers 
"of  about  the  same  consistency  as  a  potato,  yellowish  in  color  and 
farinaceous  in  taste,"  the  taro,  which  has  furnished  food  from  remote 
antiquity  to  the  natives  of  southern  India,  Australia,  portions  of 
Africa,  and  many  of  the  islands  of  the  Pacific,  and  is  today  one  of 
the  plants  most  commonly  cultivated  throughout  the  tropics;  the 
water  chestnut,  which  is  a  very  valuable  plant  and  has  medicinal 
qualities  not  yet  understood  by  Mr.  Blasdale,  but  of  great  importance. 
Mr.  Blasdale  considers  them  a  very  palatable  article  of  food.  He 
also  speaks  of  the  sacred  lotus  of  which,  among  other  things,  he 
says:  "The  seeds  contain  a  white  starch  used  largely  as  food; 
roasted  and  ground  they  served  the  Egyptians  for  the  manufacture  of 
a  kind  of  bread;  in  China  they  are  used  in  soup  and  also  as  a  remedy 
for  indigestion.  They  are  supposed  to  have  invigorative  properties 
when  used  as  food  by  convalescents.  The  Chinese  also  extract  from 
the  root  a  starch  which  they  say  is  very  strengthening." 

This  writer  also  discusses  the  value  as  food  of  the  Chinese  sweet 
potatoes,  the  yam  beans,  the  cassava  or  manioc,  several  varieties  of 
green  vegetables,  used  in  China  but  little  known  in  this  country  or 
in  Europe;  soy  beans  and  several  other  varieties  of  similar  vegetables, 
and  several  kinds  of  fruits,  nuts  and  edible  flowers.  He  considers 
that  many  of  these  might  prove  of  great  value  in  America  if  they 
were  properly  cultivated  and  if  a  thorough  test  were  given  of  their 
merits. 

This  report  is  valuable  as  showing  the  interest  of  the  great 
American  people  in  the  products  of  the  vast  and  ancient  Chinese 


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Empire,  and  also  as  showing  the  demand  for  new  foods  and  the 
importance  attached  to  all  products  of  the  vegetable  kingdom  that 
are  available  for  the  use  of  man.  The  Chinese  have  used  these  foods 
and  plants,  and  thousands  of  others,  from  the  very  beginning  of  their 
history,  and  have,  from  their  long  experience,  developed  not  only  a 
system  of  diet,  but  a  system  of  purely  herbal  medication  which  have 
been  of  great  importance  in  making  the  immense  population  of  China 
hardy  and  long-lived. 


CHAPTER  HI. 

INFORMATION  FOR  PATRONS  AND 
INQUIRERS. 

Suggestions  as  to  the  Points  of  Difference  Between  This  System  and 

Others — How  the  Treatment  Should  Be  Commenced 

and    Continued. 

For  the   Special   Benefit  of  Chronic  Sufferers. 

The  following  remarks  and  instructions  should  be  carefully  read 
and  observed  by  all  persons  who  desire  benefit  from  our  treatment. 
This  system  of  medication  is  different  from  any  other,  and  its  effi- 
cacy depends  upon  certain  simple  and  logical  principles.  If  these  are 
fully  understood  and  carefully  followed,  the  benefit  received  in  any 
case  will  be  greatly  increased.  In  fact,  such  observance  is  essential 
to  satisfactory  results. 

We  do  not  make  the  absurd  claim  advanced  by  many  physicians, 
or  at  least  indicated  in  their  lack  of  attention  to  diet  and  simple  laws 
of  health,  that  medicines  will  work  miracles.  Medicines  properly 
used  assist  nature  in  her  constant  effort  to  throw  off  disease.  It  is 
natural  for  people  to  be  well.  But  medicines  cannot  make  them  well 
if  they  oppose  the  processes  of  cure,  by  late  hours,  narcotic,  over- 
eating, dissipation  in  any  form,  or  other  practices  that  tend  to  lower 
vitality  and  hinder  recuperation  from  the  effects  of  disease. 

The  first  essential  is  attention  to  diet,  which  should  be  restricted. 
We  prescribe  a  dietary  for  each  patient  which  should  in  all  cases  be 

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strictly  followed.  When  a  person's  system  is  clogged  with  impurities 
and  the  vital  organs  are  hindered  in  their  functions,  a  large  amount 
of  food  cannot  be  assimilated.  It  is  simply  so  much  more  foreign 
matter  which  must  be  thrown  off  before  the  vital  organs  can  resume 
their  customary  duties.  It  not  only  does  no  good,  but  is  in  the  way, 
and  therefore  does  actual  harm.  Furthermore,  the  remedies  which 
we  prescribe  are  in  themselves  foods  and  in  a  large  measure  take  the 
place  of  other  articles  of  diet.  For  this  reason  the  patient  requires 
less  food  than  he  would  need  were  he  not  taking  treatment. 

These  remedies  frequently  cause  patients  pain,  and  dull,  ill- 
defined  uneasiness  for  periods  varying  with  the  different  conditions 
of  different  cases.  These  indications  that, the  medicines  are  working 
in  the  system  should  cause  no  alarm.  They  are  simply  proofs  that 
nature  is  ridding  the  system  of  the  obnoxious  elements  which  oppose 
a  cure.  Sometimes  the  pain  is  felt  in  the  head,  resulting  in  headache 
and  giddiness.  In  other  cases  the  symptoms  take  the  form  of  fre- 
quent and  sometimes  violent  purgings.  Sometimes  there  is  simply 
a  sensation  of  lassitude  and  aversion  to  the  ordinary  duties  of  life. 
To  be  forewarned  is  to  be  forearmed,  and  our  patrons  are  hereby 
advised  of  the  fact  that  these  circumstances  are  not  unfavorable. 
On  the  contrary  they  indicate  that  the  remedies  are  producing  the 
desired  effect.  They  will  gradually  wear  away  and  will  be  followed 
by  a  reaction  which  will  finally  result  in  increased  energy  and  a  res- 
toration of  health.  Our  medicines  are  neither  tonics  nor  purgatives. 
They  are  simply  assistants  to  the  vital  organs  in  a  resumption  of  their 
proper  duties.  Purging  is  an  effort  of  nature  to  rid  itself  of  obnoxious 
elements  and  not  a  direct  result  of  the  medicines. 

Persons  desiring  relief  from  chronic  diseases  must  have  patience 
to  continue  the  treatment.  An  impaired  constitution  cannot  be 
restored  in  a  day,  and  the  remedial  processes  of  nature  are  always 
slow. 

Many  persons  show  a  childishly  thoughtless  anxiety  to  be  cured 
at  once.  They  forget  that  a  demoralized  body,  which  has  been  grad- 
ually deteriorating  for  months  or  years,  cannot  be  restored  to  its 
normal  condition  in  a  few  days,  or,  in  some  instances,  even  in  a  few 
weeks.  They  fail  to  comprehend  that  the  system  must  frequently  be 
cleansed  of  a  load  of  impurities  and  debris,  the  result  of  impaired 
nutrition,  poisonous  and  mineral  medication,  imperfect  circulation  and 
other  derangements  of  the  bodily  powers,  before  a  cure  can  be  com- 


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menced.  They  want  to  discover  a  substantial  improvement  at  once. 
We  do  not  promise  such  improvement.  We  cannot  accomplish  what 
nature  never  undertakes  to  do.  A  tree  which  has  been  nearly  killed 
by  drought  may  sometimes  be  restored  to  health  by  care,  irrigation 
and  cultivation;  but  it  does  not  bear  fruit  the  second  week  after  it  is 
watered.  It  first  puts  out  its  new  buds  upon  the  lower  branches  and 
afterwards  upon  those  more  distant  from  the  roots,  showing  a  gradual 
re-establishment  of  a  circulation  of  the  tree's  life  juices.  In  due  time 
the  leaves  follow,  then  the  flowers  and  finally  the  fruit.  The  restora- 
tion of  a  crippled  and  degenerate  body,  whose  functions  are  abnor- 
mal, is  a  somewhat  similar  process,  and  depends  upon  laws  which  are 
as  invariable  as  the  laws  of  growth  in  the  vegetable  kingdom.  Do 
not  expect  impossibilities  and  you  will  not  be  disappointed.  Any 
physician  who  guarantees  cures  of  chronic  ailments  in  a  brief  period 
of  time  simply  plays  upon  the  credulity  of  his  patients  and  srothes 
their  aches  and  pains  by  powerful  narcotics  into  a  deceptive  condition 
of  apparent  but  unreal  improvement.  Diet,  regimen  and  careful  and 
continued  medication  are  essential  factors  in  any  genuine  and  lasting 
benefit. 

Bear  in  mind  that  what  appears  to  be  self-denial  in  obeying  the 
rules  is  really  an  earnest  effort  on  the  part  of  the  patient  to  help 
himself.  It  is  a  part  of  the  treatment — co-operation — which  is  solely 
for  the  patient's  benefit  and  depends  entirely  upon  his  powers  of  will. 
Excessive  sexual  or  other  indulgence  is  always  to  be  avoided.  No 
medicines  in  the  world  will  build  up  an  impoverished  body  if  it's 
already  exhausted  vitality  is  still  constantly  drawn  upon.  Common 
sense  and  a  little  reflection  on  the  part  of  the  patient  will  show  him 
at  once  the  reasonableness  of  these  facts.  Three,  six,  or  even  nine 
months  is  a  very  short  period  in  the  life  of  a  man,  and  if  self-denial 
and  strict  regard  for  a  hygienic  regimen  during  that  time  will  restore 
a  sick  man  to  the  priceless  boon  of  health,  which  the  united  wealth 
of  the  world  alone  could  not  buy,  the  self-sacrifice  involved  is  cer- 
tainly abundantly  rewarded. 

CAUTION   TO   PATIENTS. 

The  Chinese  system  of  medicine  avoids  the  use  of  both  tonics  and 
purgatives.  The.  remedies  employed  are  not  designed  to  give  a  ficti- 
tious and  temporary  renewal  of  strength  to  a  worn-out  frame.  Nor 


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are  they  used  to  work  sudden  and  violent  effects  such  as  follows  the 
use  of  calomel  and  similar  purgatives.  Purging,  when  it  follows  the 
employment  of  these  remedies,  is  simply  the  elimination  of  impuri- 
ties preceding  a  gradual  restoration  of  normal  conditions.  The  value 
of  diet  is  recognized  emphatically  and  patients  are  usually  placed 
upon  a  plain  and  simple  bill  of  fare,  which,  while  sufficient  for  the 
maintenance  of  strength,  is  yet  such  as  to  reduce  inflammation  and 
to  assist  the  remedies  in  their  beneficial  effects  upon  the  stomach 
and  other  organs.  These  remedies  are  in  themselves  special  foods, 
and  the  patient  requires  less  of  his  ordinary  meat  and  drink  while 
taking  them.  Lack  of  care  in  this  respect  results  in  overloading  the 
stomach  and  defeating  the  proper  action  of  the  remedies.  Great  care 
must  also  be  used  to  avoid  exposure  to  cold  while  using  them. 

These  restrictions,  together  with  certain  phenomena  which  fre- 
quently attend  the  use  of  these  remedies,  are  so  different  from  the 
"painless  dentistry"  methods  of  some  physicians  that  patients  often 
become  discouraged.  They  are  sometimes  troubled  with  a  slight 
nausea,  with  dizziness,  with  ill-defined  feelings  of  uneasiness  or  with 
actual  pains  in  different  parts  of  the  body.  These  manifestations  are 
simply  indications  that  the  remedies  are  performing  their  customary 
and  proper  work.  But  it  is  frequently  difficult  for  the  patient  to 
believe  this  fact,  which  is  at  variance  with  his  prejudices  and  pre- 
conceived notions  of  the  objects  of  medical  treatment.  He  some- 
times becomes  discouraged  after  a  few  weeks  and  discontinues  the 
treatment  just  when  he  should  cling  most  closely  to  it.  As  a  rule, 
the  alarming  indications  pass  away  in  a  few  days.  In  many  cases 
they  do  not  occur  at  all.  Yet  some  of  our  best  friends  today  are 
persons  who  became  discouraged  and  withdrew  from  treatment  after 
following  it  for  a  short  time.  Fortunately,  sufficient  had  been  accom- 
plished to  have  a  decidedly  beneficial  effect  after  the  system  had  had 
time  to  resume  what  may  be  called  a  condition  of  equilibrium.  With 
an  improvement  in  health  many  of  these  persons  have  seen  their  mis- 
take and  resumed  treatment,  but  with  loss  of  time  and  of  the  cumu- 
lative force  of  the  remedies,  and  consequently  with  an  increased  ulti- 
mate expense. 

We  prefer  to  be  perfectly  frank  with  our  patients,  and  we  desire 
that  these  facts  should  be  fully  understood.  We  recognize  that  per- 
sons in  ill-health  are  entitled  to  a  little  consideration  such  as  we 
would  not  expect  to  accord  to  people  in  good  health.  And  we  find 


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that  men,  as  a  rule,  are  more  capricious  than  women,  and  less  capable 
of  enduring  aches,  pains  and  restrictions  necessary  to  recovery.  Of  all 
classes  active  business  men  are  the  most  difficult  to  convince  of  the 
necessity  of  care  and  rest  when  sensations  of  illness  are  commencing 
to  grow  upon  them.  They  think  they  cannot  afford  the  time  neces- 
sary for  a  cure,  and  they  are  so  irregular  in  respect  to  their  meals 
and  in  taking  of  the  remedies  that  cures  are  very  greatly  hindered, 
if  not  rendered  impossible.  For  these  reasons  we  are  thus  particular 
in  making  these  explanations.  We  recognize  the  limitations  of  all 
medical  systems,  and  know  that  medicines  will  not  work  miracles. 
We  desire  to  warn  our  patients  against  probable  discouragements  and 
prefer  to  state  the  facts  ourselves  rather  than  to  have  them  stated, 
with  exaggerations,  by  some  person  who  feels  himself  aggrieved 
because  we  have  not  performed  more  than  was  promised.  These 
remarks  apply  particularly  to  cases  of  long  standing,  or  very  severe 
diseases.  In  acute  attacks  and  those  of  recent  origin,  a  great  benefit 
is  often  derived  within  a  very  few  days. 

SOME   POINTS   TO    BE  OBSERVED. 

Avoid  excitement  of  every  character;  cast  aside  all  anxiety  and 
make  earnest  and  persistent  efforts  to  assist  nature  to  restore  the 
deranged  condition  of  the  system  by  preserving  the  vital  forces  in 
every  manner  possible. 

Do  not  chew  gum  or  toothpicks,  or  anything  that  will  cause  saliva 
to  flow  between  meal  hours.  Such  practices  are  very  weakening  to 
the  system,  causing  thirst  and  a  weak,  scant  supply  of  juices  in  the 
stomach  and  bowels. 

Avoid  large  gatherings  in  crowded  halls  or  apartments.  The 
inhaling  of  the  foul  air  at  such  places,  together  with  the  exposure 
at  a  late  hour  at  night,  is  a  practice  that  is  very  injurious  to  the 
health  of  even  robust  people. 

Hold  in  check  all  desires  that  if  indulged  in  will  tend  to  weaken 
the  system.  A  candle  will  last  only  half  as  long  a  time  if  allowed 
to  burn  at  both  ends  as  it  will  if  there  is  a  fire  at  only  one  end.  The 
same  reason  applies  to  human  life. 

Without  proper  nutrition  there  could  be  but  little  or  no  benefit 
derived  by  taking  medicine. 

Retire  regularly  at  an  early  hour.     One  hour's  sleep  before  mid- 


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night  is  worth  more  to  a  young  growing,  laboring  or  sick  person  than 
two  hours  after. 

Do  not  occupy  a  bed  with  another.  You  need  all  of  the  pure  air 
you  can  get,  and  should  live  as  quiet  a  life  as  possible.  Take  as  much 
sleep  as  you  feel  like. 

Married  people  should  bear  in  mind  that  certain  indulgences 
which  may  be  perfectly  proper  when  in  health  are  decidedly  injurious 
when  persons  are  ill  or  weakly.  Entire  abstinence  is  the  best  rule 
for  a  time,  especially  when  either  the  husband  or  wife  is  commencing 
a  course  of  treatment. 

Invalids  should  wear  flannel  all  the  year  round,  and  during  the 
winter  season  the  warmest  that  can  be  procured. 

With  people  who  are  in  poor  health,  bodily  heat  should  be  hus- 
banded in  every  possible  way.  The  degree  of  warmth  and  comfort 
that  a  weakly  person  enjoys  depends  greatly  upon  the  quality  of  the 
material  of  which  the  clothing  is  made. 

Be  very  particular  to  avoid  exposure  to  draughts  of  air  just  after 
taking  the  herb  teas,  or  having  taken  a  meal.  If  at  such  times  you 
perspire  or  feel  at  all  uncomfortably  warm,  you  should  wipe  the  per- 
spiration off  as  much  of  the  body  as  you  can  conveniently,  and  then 
bring  the  clothing  about  the  body  so  as  to  protect  it  from  the  cool  air, 
for  a  short  time  at  least.  Many  weakly  people  recklessly  expose 
themselves  by  throwing  open  their  dwellings  as  soon  as  they  feel 
a  little  uncomfortably  warm. 

In  warm  weather,  when  you  perspire  freely,  you  should  change 
underwear  often  to  prevent  the  perspiration  from  returning  to  the 
skin,  which  is  very  serious  to  the  health.  It  is  equal  to  taking  so 
much  poison. 

In  very  warm  weather  the  skin  should  be  rubbed  two  or  three 
times  daily  with  a  warm,  wet  towel,  to  remove  the  perspiration. 

BATHING  AND   RUBBING. 

You  should  take  a  warm  sponge  bath  as  follows:  Bathe  the  lower 
half  of  the  body  one  day,  and  the  upper  portion  three  or  four  days 
later.  The  bath  always  to  be  warm  and  of  short  duration,  so  as  not  to 
take  cold;  use  one-half  cup  of  alcohol  in  hot  water.  In  the  season  of 
the  year  when  you  perspire  more  or  less,  a  sponge  bath  may  be 
indulged  in  every  other  day.  Invalids  in  all  stages  of  disease,  and 
also  well  persons,  should  brush  or  rub  (with  a  flesh  brush  or  warm 


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towel)  the  body  moderately.  This  practice  is  very  essential  and  bene- 
ficial to  health,  and  should  be  practiced  daily,  but  not  to  the  extent 
that  will  cause  fatigue. 

When  the  body  is  exposed  to  the  cold  air  with  which  it  comes 
in  contact  when  the  clothing  is  removed  to  take  a  bath  or  to  retire  or 
for  any  other  purpose,  it  allows  the  bodily  heat  to  escape,  which  is  a 
loss  of  power  and  lowers  the  temperature  of  the  skin,  taxing  the  pow- 
ers of  the  system  to  warm  up  the  new  air  to  protect  the  body.  The 
air  surrounding  the  body  is  the  armor  of  the  body.  If  the  air  is  strong 
in  the  body  (and  a  strong  person  possesses  strong  air)  the  person  will 
not  be  injured  by  bathing;  but  a  weakly  person  will,  soon  after  tak- 
ing a  bath,  have  a  weak  and  heavy  feeling,  which  is  evidence  that  the 
skin  has  taken  on  damp  air  and  has  lost  control  of  the  natural  air. 
The  air  in  a  weak  person  is  like  a  small  capital  that  is  depended 
upon  to  accomplish  a  given  purpose — it  must  be  handled  with  care 
and  to  the  very  best  advantage,  or  else  the  capital  and  object  will 
both  be  lost,  and  perhaps  a  good  cause  forever  buried. 

Hand  rubbing,  if  performed  properly,  would  be  very  beneficial  to 
nearly  every  weakly  person.  The  full  size  of  the  shoulder  and  chest 
should  be  (each  side)  rubbed  toward  and  down  the  arms  to  the  end  of 
the  fingers;  from  the  shoulders  and  the  chest  rub  downwards  and  to 
the  ends  of  the  toes.  The  rubbing  should  be  proceeded  with  slowly, 
extending  over  only  a  small  surface  at  first,  then  extending  over  addi- 
tional surface,  commencing  at  the  starting  point  with  each  pressure 
of  the  hands  on  the  patient.  Commence  with  one  rubbing  a  day,  not 
less  than  two  hours  after  a  meal,  to  be  completed  in  twenty  minutes; 
two  or  three  rubbings  may  be  practiced  a  day,  as  the  strength 
improves.  If  you  feel  like  it,  take  undisturbed  rest  or  sleep  after  the 
rubbing,  but  be  particular  to  guard  against  taking  cold.  No  matter 
how  comfortably  warm  you  feel,  fully  as  much  or  more  covering  to 
the  body  is  necessary  after  the  rubbing  as  before,  especially  if  the 
patient  lie  down. 

BREATHING    EXERCISE. 

Renovate  the  system  in  the  morning  after  the  sun  is  up  in  the 
following  manner:  If  you  are  unable  to  ride  on  horseback  or  to  walk 
fast  enough  to  cause  rapid  breathing,  the  foul  air  may  be  expelled 
from  the  system  while  standing  in  the  sunlight  and  breathing  deep 


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and  fast  enough  to  work  the  abdomen  vigorously,  taking  from  three 
to  five  breaths  in  rapid  succession;  then  resting  a  few  minutes  until 
the  dizziness  which  usually  follows  with  weakly  persons  passes  away, 
then  repeat  several  times,  always  breathing  through  the  nostrils. 

Spend  as  much  time  as  possible  in  the  open  air  and  sunshine, 
and  while  walking  about  make  a  practice  of  taking  long,  deep  breaths. 

These  exercises  are  very  beneficial  to  the  lungs  and  stimulating 
to  the  whole  system.  Air  is  an  indispensable  element,  and  artfully 
used  is  a  wonderful  agent  in  purifying  the  human  system;  the  long, 
deep  breaths  taken  in  slowly  and  held  while  taking  five  to  ten  steps, 
allowing  the  weight  of  the  body  to  rest  on  the  heel  of  one  foot  rather 
heavily,  sufficient  to  jar  the  body  to  some  extent,  which  will  tend  to 
force  the  stale  and  impure  air  or  gases  out  of  the  system.  These 
gases  are  always  present  in  systems  that  are  weakly,  the  practice 
must  be  indulged  in  with  great  care  and  moderation,  or  else  much 
harm  will  result;  therefore  increase  the  frequency  of  deep  inhalations 
slowly  as  time  goes  on,  until  the  number  of  forty  or  fifty  a  dayi  is 
reached.  You  should  be  out  in  the  open  air  on  bright,  warm,  sunny 
days,  but  avoid  taking  these  exercises  and  being  -out  of  doors  in  damp 
or  cold  weather;  at  such  times  take  the  exercise  in  the  house. 

FRESH    AIR    IN    SLEEPING    ROOMS. 

Always  have  plenty  of  fresh  air  in  your  sleeping  room.  This 
should  be  managed  so  that  you  will  not  be  affected  by  draughts,  but 
the  air  should  always  be  fresh  and  pure.  Many  people  are  so  afraid 
of  taking  cold  that  they  close  their  windows  tightly  at  night,  with 
the  result  that  they  breathe  the  same  air  over  and  over  during  the 
night.  This  is  a  very  serious  mistake  and  prevents  many  people  from 
recovering.  Even  consumptives  who  come  to  Southern  California  for 
the  benefit  of  the  fresh,  pure,  out-door  air,  close  their  windows  and 
breathe  the  same  poisonous  atmosphere  again  and  again.  It  is  no 
wonder  that  so  many  of  them  fail  to  regain  their  health.  This  is  a 
very  important  point,  for  pure  air,  which  means  an  abundance  of  oxy- 
gen, is  more  important  to  weak  and  ill  people  than  an  abundance  of 
food  even.  Its  value  cannot  be  over  estimated. 

BE  ON  YOUR  GUARD  AGAINST  COLDS. 

Sitting  or  lying  in  draughts  or  currents  of  air  is  something  that 
is  very  necessary  for  invalids  to  guard  against,  as  such  exposure  will 


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in  a  short  time  cause  you  to  take  cold.  You  would  be  less  exposed 
and  better  off  out  of  doors  in  the  open  air,  on  bright,  sunny  days, 
than  sitting  in  a  draught,  as  stated. 

While  you  were  in  perfect  health,  your  circulation  good,  such 
exposure  would  have  no  bad  effects  upon  you;  but  you  must  not 
forget  that  you  are  an  invalid  now,  that  the  "door  is  open"  as  it  were, 
and  you  are  more  susceptible  to  colds.  Of  all  the  accidents  that  our 
patients  are  liable  to  encounter,  colds  are  far  the  worst,  and  are  really 
to  be  dreaded;  very  often  a  simple  cold  causes  the  worst  form  of 
sickness,  and  also  death. 

Some  patients  feel  quite  languid  or  weak  after  taking  the  medi- 
cines awhile,  for  a  short  time,  which  is  the  result  of  the  medicines 
searching  the  system  and  also  allaying  the  inflammation  which  is 
present  in  nearly  all  cases  of  ill-health.  Inflammation  is  strength  for 
a  time,  or  as  long'  as  the  powers  will  endure  that  condition.  Some 
people  exercise  so  much  strength  while  in  a  fever  that  the  combined 
strength  of  two  or  three  men  is  required  to  keep  the  patient  on  the 
bed  and  to  prevent  him  from  doing  himself  harm;  but  when  the 
inflammation  subsides  a  very  weak  condition  follows.  We  do  not 
produce  a  sudden  change  in  such  conditions — we  reduce  the  inflamma- 
tion slowly;  it  is  the  only  way  to  effect  a  cure  in  cases  of  long  stand- 
ing— sudden  changes  often  produce  disastrous  results. 

When  you  feel  drowsy,  or  as  if  you  didn't  care  to  move  about  or 
eat  or  talk  (such  feelings  will  appear  frequently  as  long  as  the  impuri- 
ties remain  in  your  system) ,  make  it  a  practice  to  keep  quiet  for  a  day 
or  two,  till  the  condition  changes,  and  allow  the  medicine  to  carry  out 
its  work;  you  will  sooner  arrive  at  a  condition  of  better  feelings  than 
you  would  if  you  allowed  yourself  to  worry  and  get  excited  because 
you  were  feeling  worse  than  when  you  commenced  the  treatment. 
Your  feelings  are  not  a  correct  index  to  the  condition  of  your  system, 
neither  can  you  predict  the  condition  that  you  will  be  in  on  the 
morrow. 

SOME    HANDY    REMEDIES. 

The  following  simple  prescriptions  are  given  herewith  for  the 
benefit  of  all  and  to  meet  the  emergencies  which  are  likely  to  arise 
any  day  and  in  any  household.  They  do  not  cost  much,  yet  may  be 
of  great  value: 


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No.  1 — For  Skin  Diseases  and  Rheumatic  Pains  in  the  Limbs  or  Feet. 

Take  orange  leaves,  one-fourth  pound, 

Honeysuckle  leaves  or  flowers  (the  latter  are  best)  two  ounces. 

Black  tea,  one  ounce. 

The  orange  and  honeysuckle  leaves  must  be  washed  until  clean. 
Put  all  into  seven  cupfuls  of  water  and  boil  for  half  an  hour.  Use  as 
a  wash  upon  the  parts  affected.  If  a  larger  quantity  is  desired  two  or 
three  cups  of  boiling  water  may  be  added,  or  if  it  desired  to  be  kept 
hot  a  long  time,  the  same  amount  of  boiling  water  may  be  added  for 
this  purpose.  It  is  always  to  be  applied  hot,  as  the  heat  gives  more 
benefit  from  the  wash. 

Persons  who  are  using  herbs  for  internal  use  in  cases  of  rheuma- 
tism or  skin  diseases  can  take  the  refuse  of  the  herbs  after  they  have 
been  cooked  for  the  internal  use.  Add  the  orange  leaves  as  above. 
If  honeysuckle  leaves  or  flowers  are  easy  to  get,  add  those  also,  but 
leave  out  the  black  tea.  Put  in  the  water  as  indicated  and  boil  as 
directed  above.  This  also  makes  an  excellent  wash  for  these  dis- 
eases. Always  use  it  hot. 

No.  2 — To  Quench  Thirst. 

Take  four  dried  figs  and  three  cupfuls  of  water  and  boil  down  to 
two  cups.  The  liquid  resulting  makes  a  pleasant  and  healthful  drink. 
Some  people  like  it  for  food  also.  If  a  larger  quantity  is  desired, 
double  the  number  of  figs  and  the  amount  of  water. 

No.  3 — Remedy  for  Constipation. 

Into  two  cupfuls  of  water  put  four  tablespoonfuls  of  strained 
honey.  Stir  the  mixture  and  use  as  an  injection.  The  water  must 
be  warm.  This  injection,  from  the  soothing  qualities  of  the  honey, 
will  remove  inflammation  from  the  bowels  and  does  not  hurt  the 
natural  juices  upon  which  the  healthy  action  of  the  bowels  depend. 
If  the  bowels  do  not  move,  repeat  the  injection  the  next  day  in  the 
following  manner:  Take  two  ounces  of  Maderia  vine  and  clean  it 
thoroughly.  Add  three  cups  of  water  and  boil  down  to  two.  Add 
honey  the  same  as  before  and  use  as  an  injection.  The  addition  of 
the  Maderia  vine  makes  the  prescription  stronger  than  before. 

Whenever  cups  are  mentioned  in  these  prescriptions,  large  coffee 
cups  are  intended. 


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No.  4 — A  Cure  for  Stomach  Ache. 

Take  half  a  cup  of  salt  and  heat  it  by  stirring  it  in  a  hot  pan. 
Put  the  hot  salt  in  a  handkerchief  or  similar  cloth  and  wrap  it  up. 
Then  gently  pat  and  rub  the  skin  over  the  part  where  the  ache  is.  This 
wiU'relieve  the  pain  by  quickening  the  circulation  and  by  warming  the 
stomach  and  the  blood.  This  method  will  also  relieve  pains  in  the 
bones  and  any  part  of  the  body.  It  will  be  found  useful  for  pains  in 
the  back. 

No.  5 — Treatment  of  Burns  and  Scaldings. 

For  a  burn  or  scalding  on  the  hands  or  fingers  do  not  put  the 
injured  part  in  the  water — a  process  which  is  the  natural  proceeding 
with  many  people.  If  the  part  is  put  into  cold  water  the  fire  poison 
wiii  go  deeper  and  will  return  inside.  Sometimes  it  will  go  very  deep 
and  cause  a  great  deal  of  pain  and  trouble.  Instead  of  water  dip  the 
finger  or  hand  into  kerosene  oil  and  the  fire  poison  will  return  to  the 
skin.  Keep  the  injured  part  out  of  water  for  two  or  three  days.  If 
there  is  a  very  great  injury,  consult  Drs.  Foo  and  Wing  as  soon  as 
possible,  but  the  oil  will  relieve  for  a  time. 


No.  6— Wash   for  the    Eye. 

Chrysanthemum  flowers  steeped  in  water  make  a  good  wash  for 
the  eye.  Take  one  cup  and  a  half  of  water  and  one  or  two  ounces  of 
the  flowers.  Boil  down  to  one  cup.  The  white  variety  of  the  flowers 
is  the  best.  This  will  afford  temporary  relief  for  sore  eyes  until  our 
remedies  may  be  used  to  remove  the  cause  of  the  difficulty  from  the 
inside  of  the  body.  Steaming  the  eyes  is  also  good,  but  if  this  is  done 
care  must  be  taken  to  steam  both  eyes,  even  though  it  is  supposed 
that  only  one  is  affected,  because  when  the  eyes  are  steamed  the  poi- 
sonous matter  which  results  from  inflammation,  will  go  from  one  to  the 
other.  This  method  will  relieve  the  symptoms,  but  it  is  better  to 
take  the  herb  medicines  and  to  remove  the  cause  of  the  difficulty  from 
the  vital  organs. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  83 

EASY    BUT    USEFUL    EXERCISES. 

No.  1 — To  Exercise  the  Nerves  and  Pulse  of  the  Body. 
Stand  erect,  clench  the  fists  and  draw  them  up  to  the  sides  of  the 
upper  chest,  with  the  elbows  drawn  well  back;  then  raise  the  arms 
straight  up  from  the  shoulders,  three  times  and  back;  putting  vitality 
in  them,  as  if  you  were  raising  a  weight,  with  the  eyes  looking 
straight  down  the  nose. 

No.  2. 

Take  the  same  position  as  before,  then  raise  one  arm  at  a  time 
alternately,  three  times  each;  going  through  the  same  movement  as 
No.  1. 

No.  3 — To  Exercise  the  Chest  and  Back-bone. 

Stand  erect,  extend  the  arms  in  the  same  direction,  first  to  the 
right  and  then  to  the  left. 

No.  4 — To   Exercise  the   Heart. 

Stand  erect  and  perfectly  still,  turn  the  head  to  the  right  as  far 
as  possible,  holding  it  about  five  seconds,  then  turn  it  back  straight 
and  belch — or  attempt  to — repeat  this  six  or  seven  times;  after  which 
turn  the  head  to  the  left,  going  through  the  same  movement.  This 
exercise  causes  the  heart  to  expand,  and  moves  the  foul  air,  making 
the  circulation  strong. 

No.  5 — To  Exercise  the  Eyes. 

Close  the  fists  and  raise  them  to  the  temples,  near  the  eyes,  and 
extend  them  at  full  length,  in  front  of  the  body  and  back,  at  the  same 
time  keeping  the  eyes  on  an  object  directly  in  front  of  you. 

No.  6 — To  Exercise  the  Stomach  and  Assist  Digestion. 

Close  the  fists  and  draw  them  up  near  the  shoulders,  take  a  few 
steps  to  the  right,  then  to  the  left,  then  stop  and  stand  with  the  feet 
about  three  feet  apart,  stooping  over  slightly  (as  if  riding  horseback) 


84  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

and  remain  in  that  position  as  long  as  you  can,  or  until  you  feel 
exhausted. 

No.  7 — To  Exercise  the  Lower  Extremities  and  the  Stomach. 

Clasp  the  hands  behind  you,  and  walk  for  a  few  minutes  at  a 
brisk  pace,  bringing  the  feet  down  hard  upon  the  ground. 

No.  8 — To   Exercise  the   Nerves. 

Extend  the  arms  in  front  of  you,  lower  them  and  touch  (or 
attempt  to  touch)  the  toes,  without  bending  the  knees.  Repeat  this 
three  or  four  times. 

No.  9 — Exercise  for  the  Lungs. 

Stand  erect  in  the  open  air  or  in  a  well  ventilated  room,  inhale 
and  exhale  full  short  breaths  for  one  or  two  minutes,  working  the 
chest  vigorously;  after  which  take  a  full  breath  through  the  mouth 
and  hold  it  a  little  while,  walking  twenty  or  thirty  steps,  and  striking 
the  feet  hard  upon  the  ground  or  floor. 
No.  10 — To  Exercise  the  Liver  and  Make  the  Blood  Circulate  Freely. 

Close  the  eyes  and  roll  them  sidewise,  right  and  left,  for  one  or 
two  minutes.  This  exercise  is  also  beneficial  to  the  eyes,  making  the 
vision  clearer;  as  the  eyes  are  connected  with  the  liver  by  hollow 
nerves,  which  the  air  circulates  between. 

No.  11 — Exercise  for  the  Brain. 

Place  the  palms  of  the  hands  over  the  ears,  closing  the  drums 
completely,  and  drum  on  the  head  with  the  fingers  for  one  or  two 
minutes;  this  tends  to  remove  the,  foul  air  from  the  head  and  quiets 
the  mind.  Laboring  men  and  those  engaged  in  business  should  prac- 
tice this  morning  and  evening,  and  people  of  leisure  three  times  a  day. 

No.  12 — Exercise  for  the  Stomach. 

Soon  after  eating  a  meal  take  the  following  exercise:  While 
walking  slowly,  place  the  palm  of  the  hand  upon  the  abdomen  and 
rub,  medium  hard,  over  the  spleen  and  around  the  stomach  for  a  few 
minutes.  This  will  assist  the  spleen  and  digestive  organs  to  perform 
their  functions. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  85 

No.    13 — Exercise   for   the    Back. 

Stand  erect,  and  cross  the  arms  in  front,  placing  the  hands  upon 
the  shoulders,  then  turn  the  upper  portion  of  the  body  from  side  to 
side,  as  far  as  possible  without  moving  the  lower  portion  of  the  body. 
Repeat  several  times. 


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FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 


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The  above  is  a  fac-simile  of  a  new  certificate  recently  issued  to 
Tom  Foo  Yuen  by  Ho  Yow,  the  present  Consul-General  of  the  Chinese 
government  at  San  Francisco. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

Tom  Foo  Yuen — Some  Account  of  This  Oriental  Physician — His  Diplo- 
mas and    Credentials — A    Brief   History   of    His   Life 
and  Experiences  in  America. 

In  the  following  pages  is  a  brief  statement  of  Tom  Foo  Yuen's 
career  in  the  United  States.  But  before  giving  this  we  shall  present 
some  "of  his  diplomas  and  other  credentials,  showing  his  rank  in  China 
and  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  men  of  exalted  position  in 
his  own  country.  We  give  a  fac-simile  and  a  translation  of  his  first 
diploma,  received  from  the  Imperial  Medical  College  at  Peking.  The 
original  of  this  document  is  a  sheet  of  satin,  royal  gold  in  color,  so 
called  from  the  fact  that  it  is  used  in  China  only  by  the  Emperor,  and 
for  state  documents.  The  diploma  is  printed  upon  this  in  red  letters. 
Accompanying  is  a  fac-simile  of  the  Chinese  original:  • 

Following  is  the  English  translation  of  this  diploma: 

JOYOUS    ANNOUNCEMENT. 

Hig  Majesty,  the  Emperor,  has  appointed  His  Excellency,  the 
Honorable  Fook,  Chief  Guardian  of  His  Royal  Highness,  the  Prince 
Heir  Apparent,  President  of  the  Board  of  Population  and  Revenue, 
Member  of  the  Privy  Council,  Dean  of  the  Imperial  Medical  College, 
and  Blood  Relative  to  His  Majesty,  His  Excellency,  the  Honorable 
Chung,  Assistant  Magistrate  of  the  Left  Chamber  in  the  Imperial 
Medical  College,  Mandarin  of  the  Second  Degree  of  the  Order  of  the 
Peacock  Feather. 

His  Excellency,  the  Honorable  Lee,  Assistant  Magistrate  of  the 
Right  Chamber  in  the  Imperial  Medical  College,  Mandarin  of  the  Sec- 
ond Degree  of  the  Order  of  the  Peacock  Feather,  as  His  Majesty's 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 


VIII  Tit  Ml  OF  ROM 


Translation  and  Explanation  of  T.  Foo  Yuen's  Royal  Gold 
Diploma,  Fac-simile  of  a  Rare  and  Interesting  Document, 
the  First  Authentic  One  of  its  Kind  Ever  Presented  to  the 
English  Speaking  People.  Its  Owner  the  First  Physician 
of  His  Rank  and  Scholarship  to  Come  to  America. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  89 

Imperial  Deputation,  to  conduct  the  Special  Grace  Examination  in  the 
Imperial  Medical  College,  who  have  conferred  upon  Tom  Foo  Yuen  a 
First  Rank  of  the  First  Degree  in  the  Year  Ki  Chen  of  Cyclical  Table, 
or  in  the  15th  year  of  the  Reign  of  Kong  Sui.  (1889). 

And  therefore,  'they,  clothed  with  such  authority,  have  passed 
Tom  Foo  Yuen,  a  member  of  Your  Worthy  Family,  with  highest  hon- 
ors, and  have  conferred  upon  him  the  right  to  practice  before  His 
Majesty  and  in  the  Imperial  Medical  College. 

May  good  fortune  abide  with  him  upon  his  way  to  the  highest 
degree. 

Some  explanation  of  the  peculiar  wording  of  a  portion  of  the 
above  may  perhaps  be  necessary.  It  is  customary  in  China  when  a 
student  passes  difficult  examinations  mentioned,  to  send  a  messenger 
to  his  family  bearing  the  good  news.  On  the  return  of  this  messenger 
the  document  is  published  in  the  principal  newspapers  of  the  capital 
and  of  other  cities  of  the  empire  as  an  act  of  courtesy  to  the  sov- 
ereign. The  diploma  is  here  given  just  as  it  originally  appeared  in 
the  Post  Courier,  published  in  Pekin. 

After  receiving  the  diploma,  Tom  Foo  Yuen  was  entitled  and  per- 
mitted to  undertake  a  second  examination  for  still  further  honors.  It 
may  be  said  in  explanation  that  there  were  487  members  of  this  class, 
of  whom  Tom  Foo  Yuen  was  adjudged  to  be  the  first  by  his  mark  of 
standing  in  the  different  studies  of  the  course.  Only  seven  of  the 
nearly  five  hundred  members  of  this  class  succeeded  in  passing  the 
difficult  examinations  which  entitled  them  to  the  diploma  already 
given.  These  seven  were  then  given  a  second  examination  to  deter- 
mine whether  they  were  worthy  of  a  second  and  greater  honor.  Four 
of  the  seven  succeeded  in  passing  this  second  examination.  Tom  Foo 
Yuen  standing  highest  of  the  four,  and  these  were  awarded  a  second 
diploma,  a  translation  of  which  we  give  herewith.  This  second 
diploma  entitles  the  holder,  after  a  lapse  of  twelve  years,  to  a  position 
as  instructor  in  the  Imperial  Medical  College,  and  the  right  to  prac- 
tice in  the  family  of  His  Majesty,  the  Emperor  of  China.  During  the 
intervening  twelve  years  the  candidate  is  presumed  to  perfect  himself 
for  such  instruction  and  practice  by  the  active  employment  of  his 
talents  and  acquirements  as  a  physician.  At  the  end  of  that  period 
he  presents  himself  at  the  college  and  is  invested  with  the  titles, 
dignities  and  emoluments  of  an  instructor.  It  will  readily  be  seen 


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that  this  is  an  honor  for  which  thousands  would  willingly  labor  dili- 
gently for  a  lifetime. 

FOLLOWING    IS    A    TRANSLATION    OF    THE    SECOND    DIPLOMA. 

By  Imperial  Decree  the  following  were  named  as  His  Majesty's 
deputation  to  select  and  detain  at  the  Medical  College  for  Imperial 
employment  the  most  skillful  of  the  successful  candidates  at  the 
Grace  Examination  at  Peking,  which  gathered  from  the  different 
provinces  of  the  Empire  in  the  year  Ki  Chew  of  Cyclical  Tables. 

His  Excellency,  the  Honorable  Fook,  Blood  Relative  to  His  Maj- 
esty, Member  of  the  Privy  Council,  President  of  the  Imperial  Medical 
College;  His  Excellency,  the  Honorable  Chow,  High  Imperial  Com- 
missioner of  the  Imperial  Medical  College;  His  Excellency,  the  Hon* 
orable  Chung,  Mandarin  of  the  Second  Degree  of  the  Order  of  the 
Peacock  Feather,  Director  of  the  Left  Chamber  of  the  Imperial  Medi- 
cal College;  and  His  Excellency,  the  Honorable  Lee,  Mandarin  of  the 
Second  Degree  of  the  Order  of  the  Peacock  Feather,  Director  of  the 
Right  Chamber  of  the  Imperial  Medical  College. 

And,  therefore,  in  the  exercise  of  their  authority,  granted  for  this 
purpose,  they  have  selected  Tom  Foo  Yuen,  of  the  District  of  Shuen 
Tak,  Province  of  Kwang  Tung,  head  of  the  highest  class  of  the  medi- 
cal candidates,  profoundly  skillful  in  the  principle  of  the  pulse,  and 
thoroughly  versed  in  the  nature  of  medicine,  and  have  caused  his 
name  to  be  registered  in  the  official  record.  Of  which  action  this  is  a 
certificate,  and  the  same  is  to  be  delivered  to  Tom  Foo  Yuen,  of  the 
Imperial  Medical  College  of  Peking. 

Kwung-Sui,  15th  year,  ninth  month  and  the  20th  day  (1889). 

(Official  Seal). 


POO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  91 

The  following  certificate  was  given  to  Tom  Foo  Yuen  by  the 
Chinese  Consul  General,  formerly  resident  of  San  Francisco,  on 
his  first  coming  to  California: 


CERTIFICATE. 


OFFICE  806  STOCKTON   STREET, 
IMPERIAL  CHINESE  CONSULATE  GENERAL, 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  24th  March,  1893. 

This  is  to  certify  that  I,  Li  Yung  Yew,  His  Imperial  Majesty's 
Consul  General  to  the  Port  of  San  Francisco,  have  known  Tom 
Foo  Yuen  for  many  years ;  I  know  him  to  have  been  a  member 
of  Imperial  College  of  Medicine  in  Peking,  and  to  be  a  graduate 
thereof ;  that  he  has  for  several  years  practiced  his  profession  in 
China,  and  that  he  has  there  achieved  marked  success  as  a 
physician. 

• 
(LI  YUNG  YEW) 


SEAL] 

H.  I.  C.  M.'s  Consul  General. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCH    OF    TOM    FOO    YUEN. 


Tom  Foo  Yuen  was  born  near  Canton,  China,  in  1855,  and  was 
educated  at  the  Imperial  Medical  College  at  Peking.  When  he  was 
only  a  little  boy  he  made  a  trip  to  San  Francisco  with  his  father,  and 
resided  there  for  a  short  time.  His  father  was  a  wealthy  physician — 
the  late  Dr.  T.  Gee  Son — and  was  also  engaged  in  mercantile  ventures 
as  the  president  of  a  great  mercantile  association.  In  a  general  way 
he  superintended  the  legal  and  business  affairs  of  his  company,  and 
was  on  business  of  this  sort  when  he  brought  his  little  son  to 
America.  Tom  Foo  Yuen's  mother  was  a  sister  of  the  celebrated 
Chinese  physician,  Dr.  Li  Po  Tai. 

About  thirty  years  ago  Dr.  T.  Gee  Son  lived  in  San  Francisco  for 
several  years  as  a  partner  of  Li  Po  Tai.  Together  they  cured  the 
diseases  of  many  Americans,  and  testimonials  of  these  cures  were 


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printed  in  the  newspapers  of  the  period.  But  his  family  preferred  the 
climate  of  Canton  to  that  of  San  Francisco,  and  they  therefore 
returned  to  Canton,  where  T.  Gee  Son  again  opened  a  hospital  that  he 
had  formerly  conducted  with  great  success. 

Returning  to  China  with  his  father,  Tom  Foo  Yuen  was  educated 
as  a  physician  with  all  the  care  and  rigorous  discipline  usual  in 
China,  where  successive  generations  are  trained  for  this  profession 
from  the  commencement  of  school  days.  He  was  finally  graduated, 
with  high  honors,  from  the  Imperial  Medical  College  at  Peking.  In 
189u  he  came  to  San  Francisco  and  was  the  first  Oriental  physician 
of  his  rank  to  visit  America  with  the  intention  of  making  a  permanent 
home  here.  He  became  an  associate  with  Li  Po  Tai,  who  was  then 
getting  old  and  unable  to  carry  on  all  of  his  large  business. 

He  remained  in  San  Francisco  until  1893  and,  during  that  time 
acquired  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  physician,  both  among  the  Chi- 
nese residents  of  Sari  Francisco  and  among  many  white  patrons. 

He  was  very  successful  in  all  cases.  Of  late  years,  since  Tom 
Foo  Yuen  commenced  to  attain  his  great  popularity  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, it  has  been  the  fashion  in  some  quarters,  among  those  who 
envy  his  accomplishments,  to  attempt  to  underrate  his  ability;  and 
statements  have  been  made  that  he  is  not  a  graduate  of  the  Imperial 
Medical  College  at  Peking.  He  has  many  diplomas  and  certificates 
which  set  this  question  fully  at  rest.  Among  the  proofs  of  the  gen- 
uineness of  his  claims  is  one  not  heretofore  published.  The  Chinese 
patients  whom  he  cured  in  San  Francisco  were  not  likely  to  be 
deceived  in  reference  to  his  merits  and  attainments,  as  they  had  every 
opportunity  to  investigate  and  verify  his  claims.  Many  of  these  gave 
him  testimonials  of  the  cures  that  he  wrought  in  their  cases,  and  two 
of  these  testimonials,  which  were  printed  in  Chinese  newspapers,  pub- 
lished in  San  Francisco,  are  reproduced  herewith  to  show  that  he  was 
recognized  by  his  own  countrymen,  at  the  outset  of  his  career,  as  a 
man  of  the  most  thorough  education  and  the  most  eminent  qualifica- 
tions in  his  profession. 

The  first  of  these  is  from  the  Weekly  Occident,  published  by 
Horn,  Hong  &  Co.,  at  731  Washington  street,  San  Francisco.  Vol.  12. 
No.  615,  February  23,  1893.  We  give  it  in  both  English  and  Chinese, 
u  says: 

"After  years  of  suffering  and  having  been  under  the  treatment 
of  some  of  the  most  skillful  Chinese  and  American  doctors,  I  placed 


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myself  under  the  care  of  Dr.  Tom  Foo  Yuen,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Imperial  Medical  College  at  Peking.  I  take  pleasure  in  testifying 
to  the  fact  of  his  having  effected  a  complete  cure  of  what  was  pro- 
nounced by  others  a  hopeless  case  of  consumption.  Chow  Yup  Wing. 
"  The  doctor's  office  is  at  No.  729  Washington  street." 

The  second  of  these  testimonials  is  from  the  Weekly  News,  Mon 
Heng  &  Co.,  publishers,  809^  Washington  street,  San  Francisco,  Vol. 
1,  No.  4,  Thursday,  February  23,  1893,  and  reads  as  follows: 

"  I  have  been  suffering  greatly  with  paralysis,  and  I  am  greatly 
indebted  to  Dr.  Tom  Foo  Yuen,  a  graduate  of  the  Imperial  Chinese 
Medical  College  at  Peking,  who  has  entirely  cured  me.  I  desire  to 
make  this  known  to  all  who  may  be  afflicted  with  the  same  disease  in 
order  that  they  may  secure  his  services  and  be  relieved  of  their 
suffering.  Lum  Chuen." 

In  1893  Tom  Foo  Yuen  came  to  Southern  .California  in  company 
witn  Mr.  Levi  Carter  of  Ceres,  California,  who  went  to  San  Francisco 
to  accompany  him  to  Southern  California.  He  came  to  the  southern 
part  of  the  state  partly  for  the  climate,  which  is  more  congenial  to 
him  than  that  of  San  Francisco,  and  partly  to  form  a  partnership  in 
an  herb  company  with  an  American  who  had  become  acquainted  with 
him  in  San  Francisco.  For  this  purpose  he  went  to  Redlands,  where 
he  remained  two  years  and  three  months.  During  the  first  year  of 
his  residence  in  that  city  he  became  much  attached  to  Southern  Cali- 
fornia for  its  delightful  climate  and  other  advantages  as  a  residence, 
and  was  very  successful  in  a  business  way.  He  cured  a  great  many 
people  in  and  about  Redlands,  most  of  whom  had  been  abandoned 
by  other  physicians,  whom  they  had  consulted,  but  who  had  failed  to 
cure  them.  Naturally  these  cures  made  a  great  deal  of  stir  in  that 
quiet  city,  as  they  were  the  first  evidences  which  the  good  people 
of  Redlands  had  ever  seen  of  merit  in  the  Chinese  System  of  Medi- 
cine. Those  who  beheld  the  unquestionable  results  of  Foo's  methods 
were  greatly  astonished,  and  those  who  were  cured  of  painful  and 
sometimes  threatening  diseases,  many  of  which  had  been  pronounced 
incurable,  were  naturally  very  much  pleased,  and  were  inclined  to 
tell  others  about  their  good  fortune.  They  praised  Tom  Foo  Yuen  in 
the  very  highest  terms,  and  thus  brought  about  tne  first  of  a  series  of 
controversies  with  other  physicians,  in  each  of  which,  as  may  be 
remarked  in  passing,  Foo  emerged  with  flying  colors.  ^.  physician  in 
Redlands  became  offended  at  the  comparisons  made  between  his  own 


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system  of  practice  and  that  of  the  Chinese  doctor,  and  attacked  Foo 
and  his  methods  in  the  Redlands  Citrograph.  A  reporter  of  the 
Leader,  a  rival  paper,  thereupon  interviewed  a  number  of  Tom  Foo 
Yuen's  patients,  and  was  surprised  to  learn  that  they  not  only  freely 
acknowledged  the  circumstances  of  the  cures  in  their  cases,  but 
warmly  defended  him  from  the  extravagant  and  often  abusive  charges 
brought  against  him  by  professional  rivals.  This  was  a  beginning 
of  an  open  acknowledgment  by  many  persons  who  have  been  benefited 
by  his  skill  as  a  physician;  of  the  great  merit  of  the  system  of  herbal 
treatment  which  he  practices.  Three  of  these  testimonials  given  on 
this  occasion  were  as  follows: 

Mr.  H.  W.  Timmons  of  Redlands,  being  interviewed,  said:  "For 
the  past  two  months  I  have  been  treated  by  Dr.  Foo  for  facial  rheu- 
matism. I  consulted  several  physicians  in  Los  Angeles  and  Redlands, 
but  they  all  admitted  they  could  not  cure  me.  I  finally  went  to  Dr. 
Foo,  who  after  feeling  my  pulse  located  my  disease.  I  am  now  on 
the  road  to  a  -speedy  recovery."  Mrs.  Throckmorton,  who  resides  on 
Church  street,  Redlands,  said:  "I  think  Dr.  Foo  a  man  of  culture 
and  science,  and  place  every  confidence  in  him.  I  am  a  native  of 
New  York,  where  for  many  years  I  was  a  sufferer  from  chronic  bron- 
chitis. I  spent  thousands  of  dollars  for  treatment  by  all  modern 
physicians,  but  never  received  any  practical  benefit  from  them.  I 
consulted  the  very  best  specialists  in  the  East  but  they  were  unable 
to  effect  a  cure,  and  advised  me  to  seek  a  change  of  climate.  I  came 
to  Southern  California  and  located  here  in  Redlands.  I  was  advised 
to  consult  Dr.  Foo.  Before*  doing  so,  my  sister  who  is  a  graduate  of 
an  Eastern  medical  college,  first  went  to  the  doctor  to  investigate  his 
methods  of  treatment.  The  result  of  her  investigations  was  very 
satisfactory,  so  that  I  went  myself  to  the  doctor's  office,  where  he 
examined  me  and  correctly  diagnosed  my  case  by  merely  feeling  the 
pulse.  Since  then  I  have  been  under  Dr.  Foo's  treatment,  and  am 
rapidly  recovering  renewed  health.  I  have  every  confidence  that 
Dr.  Foo  will  effect  a  permanent  cure."  Dr.  B.  F.  Watrous  was  next 
seen  at  his  residence.  When  asked  to  give  his  opinion  of  Tom  Foo 
Yuen,  he  said:  "I  have  a  very  high  opinion  of  Dr.  Foo.  To  him  I 
owe  my  life.  When  other  physicians  failed  to  cure  me,  Dr.  Foo  made 
a  well  man  of  me.  I  think  the  article  in  the  Citrograph  a  cowardly 
and  unwarrantable  attack  upon  Dr.  Foo,  who,  in  my  opinion,  has  no 
equal  in  this  country." 


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Among  others  who  gave  testimonials  in  Foo's  favor  on  this  occa- 
sion were  Mrs.  George  Robotham  of  Newark,  N.  J.;  W.  A.  Hallowell, 
Jr.,  of  Ontario;  George  W.  Hazard  of  Riverside;  Mrs.  M.  H.  Wilson, 
Mrs.  Mattie  Reeder,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Hendrickson,  Earl  Garrison,  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Kingsbury,  G.  E.  Foster,  John  Mclntosh  of  Redlands,  and  Robert 
McPherson  of  McPherson,  Orange  county,  Cal.  Many  of  these  ladies 
and  gentlemen  have  continued  to  be  among  his  best  friends  and  most 
ardent  supporters  from  that  day  to  the  present  time. 

After  the  publication  of  the  Leader's  answer  to  the  Citrograph 
nothing  more  was  heard  from  Dr.  Foo's  antagonist  among  the  physi- 
cians of  Redlands,  and  the  excitement  subsided.  But  many  people 
have  begun  to  go  to  Redlands  from  Los  Angeles,  having  heard  of  Tom 
Foo  Yuen  through  their  friends  in  Redlands,  and  desiring  to  take 
treatment  from  him.  They  all  received  great  benefit  from  their  treat- 
ment and  formed  a  very  high  opinion  of  his  character  and  abilities. 
They  began  to  invite  him  to  remove  to  Los  Angeles,  saying  that  he 
was  so  skillful  in  the  cure  of  chronic  diseases  that  he  was  certainly  a 
Godsend  to  the  world,  and  ought  not  to  hide  himself  in  a  small  place. 
They  agreed  that  he  ought  to  remove  to  a  larger  city  where  a  greater 
number  of  people  could  profit  by  his  skill.  His  business  associate 
heard  so  much  of  this  talk  that  he  gradually  become  convinced  that 
they  ought  to  make  the  change  desired  by  the  patrons  from  Los 
Angeles,  and  the  consequence  was  that  they  removed  to  Los  Angeles 
in  June,  1895. 

Not  long  after  this  removal  to  Los  Angeles,  Dr.  P.  C.  Remondino 
of  San  Diego,  at  that  time  president  of  the  Southern  California  Medical 
Association,  took  occasion  to  make  a  bitter  attack  upon  the  Chinese 
System  of  Medicine  in  the  course  of  which  he  made  the  vulgar  charge, 
which  has  been  disproved  hundreds  of  times,  that  Chinese  physicians 
are  in  the  habit  of  using  unclean  things,  toads,  lizards  and  other 
disgusting  materials  in  their  practice.  This  attack  naturally  aroused 
Tom  Foo  Yuen's  resentment,  and  he  replied  in  an  elaborate  article 
published  in  the  Los  Angeles  Times  for  August  15,  1895.  Dr.  Remon- 
dino rejoined  with  another  article,  to  which  Tom  Foo  Yuen  also 
replied,  and  the  argument  attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention.  We 
do  not  propose  to  reproduce  these  articles,  as  this  discussion  is  now 
ancient  history.  But,  on  this  occasion,  as  before,  Foo's  American 
friends  rallied  to  his  support,  both  those  who  had  previusly  given  tes- 
timonials in  his  favor  at  Redlands,  and  others.  And,  in  order  to 


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show  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  was  already  held  by  those  who 
knew  him  best,  we  reprint  herein  these  testimonials.  The  reader 
will  notice  that  they  effectually  dispose  of  the  principal  question 
raised  by  Dr.  Remondino  in  his  printed  articles,  and  show  that  only 
pure,  herbal  substances  have  ever  been  employed  by  Tom  Foo  Yuen 
in  his  practice.  The  testimonials  are  as  follows: 

J.  R.  Campbell,  for  twenty  years  or  more  a  reputable  citizen  of 
San  Bernardino  county,  and  at  present  a  resident  of  Redlands,  says: 
"There  is  no  truth  in  his  (Dr.  Remondino's)  statement  that  the  edu- 
cated Chinese  physician  uses  stuffs  as  vile  as  Dr.  Remondino  claims. 
I  have  taken  directly  from  his  laboratory  many  packages  of  Dr.  Foo's 
herbs  and  cooked  them  at  home.  I  have  closely  examined  the  formu- 
las, and  they  were  composed  of  nothing  but  roots,  berries,  nuts,  leaves 
and  twigs,  and  the  results  of  taking  his  medicines  have  been  most 
satisfactory.  Dr.  Foo  is  a  gentleman  of  refinement,  and  can  be 
relied  on." 

H.  B.  Ruggles,  also  of  Redlands,  says:  "I  have  taken  many 
packages  of  herbs  from  Dr.  Foo's  office,  and  am  emphatic  in  declaring 
that  nothing  in  the  form  of  dry  herbs  could  be  more  clean  and  pure. 
Not  a  sign  of  any  animal  product  or  any  similar  substance  appeared." 

A.  A.  Elge  of  Bald  Butte,  Mont.,  says:  "While  a  patient  of  Dr. 
Foo's  I  frequently  viewed  the  compounding  of  his  medicines,  having 
heard  that  Chinese  used  questionable  articles,  and  I  satisfied  myself 
that  the  rumors  were  unfounded,  and  that  Dr.  Foo  used  nothing  but 
herbs.  Their  great  beauty  lies  in  their  wonderful  cures." 

W.  A.  Hallowell,  Jr.,  of  Ontario,  says:  "In  regard  to  the  address 
of  Dr.  Remondino  on  Chinese  medicine,  I  think  it  a  great  exaggeration 
and  devoid  of  facts.  The  writer  evidently  knows  nothing  of  the  true 
system  of  medicine  as  practiced  by  the  educated  Chinese.  I  have 
personally  seen  in  Dr.  Foo's  laboratory,  hundreds  of  doses  of  medi- 
cine steeped  and  put  up  for  different  persons,  and  I  have  never  seen 
any  of  the  vile  ingredients  used  that  are  mentioned  in  the  address  of 
Dr.  Remondino,  but  they  were  composed  entirely  of  barks,  roots,  ber- 
ries, leaves  and  herbs,  and  all  in  a  nice,  clean  condition." 

Miss  L.  B.  Nettleton  of  Redlands  says:  "I  have  taken  Dr.  Foo's 
medicines  for  over  a  year,  and  carefully  examined  each  package  of 
medicine,  but  found  nothing  but  herbs,  clean  and  prepared  in  a  neat 
manner." 

Mrs.  J.  A.   Hendrickson  of  Redlands,  says:     "I  have  been  familiar 


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with  Dr.  Foo's  methods  for  over  two  years,  and  have  made  a  hundred 
doses  of  tea  from  the  herbs  compounded  in  his  laboratory.  If  any- 
thing of  such  a  nature  as  Dr.  Remondino  speaks  of  had  been  used  I 
surely  would  have  found  it  out,  for  I  have  always  had  free  access  to 
the  laboratory.  In  my  opinion,  if  any  one  had  found  such  things  as 
eyes,  toenails,  lizards,  snakeskins  and  other  substances  too  vile  to 
quote,  they  must  have  been  afflicted  with  snakes  in  their  boots." 

J.  W.  Symmes,  of  Redlands,  says:  "The  education  of  our  home 
doctors  seems  to  be  the  barrier  to  their  receiving  the  same  benefits 
of  the  genuine  Chinese  physician's  skill  that  the  less  wise  have 
enjoyed.  It  is  said  that  an  educated  man  should  make  such  state- 
ments in  regard  to  your  medicine  without  first  having  proven  to  him- 
self that  they  were  truthful.  Nothing  of  the  vegetable  kind  could  be 
purer  than  your  medicines.  I  gained  my  knowledge  from  nearly  a 
year's  experience  as  a  patient  of  Dr.  Foo,  and  direct  observation  in 
his  laboratory.  The  results  of  his  treatment  are  convincing  evidence 
that  Dr.  Foo  possesses  a  wonderful  fund  of  scientific  knowledge,  or 
else  he  is  the  superior  of  all  guessers  of  the  medical  profession.  The 
'taking  card'  in  Dr.  Foo's  system  of  treatment  is  his  success." 

Levi  Carter,  of  Ceres,  Cal.,  says:  "If  Dr.  Remondino  had  been 
as  thorough  in  his  investigation  of  the  subject  as  a  man  who  under- 
takes to  enlighten  the  public  should  be,  he  would  have  gathered  mate- 
rial for  an  address  to  the  medical  association  that  would  have  been 
truly  edifying  to  lovers  of  the  truth  and  of  incalculable  value  to  the 
afflicted.  For,  to  my  mind,  there  is  sufficient  evidence  in  and  around 
Redlands  of  your  skill  and  the  purity  of  your  medicines  to  convince 
any  sane  person  that  Dr.  Foo's  superior  is  not  to  be  found  among 
practitioners  of  modern  methods  of  medication.  The  medicines  I 
received  from  you  were  purely  vegetable,  presented  a  neat  appearance, 
and  the  effects  were  wonderfully  beneficial.  In  my  opinion  Dr.  Foo 
cannot  be  extolled  too  highly." 

Thomas  Stewart  says:  "I  take  pleasure  in  giving  my  humble 
opinion  of  Dr.  Foo  as  a  physician.  In  the  first  place,  his  diagnosis  of 
my  case,  it  being  by  the  pulse  alone,  seemed  to  me  wonderful,  he 
thereby  locating  my  trouble  exactly.  On  my  first  visit  to  the  doctor 
I  was  perfectly  helpless,  not  being  able  to  take  a  single  step  without 
assistance.  My  legs  were  swollen  to  such  an  extent  from  the  knees 
to  the  toes  that  no  joints  were  visible.  This  he  entirely  reduced  in 
five  days'  treatment,  and  the  swelling  has  not  returned  in  tfie  least. 
He  explained  to  me  the  nature  of  the  different  poisons  in  my  system, 


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and  how  he  would  expel  them,  which  he  did  in  fourteen  days'  treat- 
ment. What  most  surprised  me  was  the  simplicity  of  his  treatment 
and  the  purity  of  his  medicines,  they  being  entirely  vegetable — herbs, 
roots,  berries  and  barks.  This  I  can  verify  from  personal  observation. 
I  am  now,  after  a  little  over  four  weeks'  treatment,  as  well  as  ever, 
except  a  little  weakness  in  my  legs,  which  are  daily  improving.  My 
friends  who  came  to  see  me  when  I  was  ill  now  tell  me  they  never 
expected  to  see  me  out  again. 

"I  regard  the  success  of  my  treatment  as  more  than  wonderful  in 
view  of  the  fact  that  I  am  advanced  in  age.  I  have  received  treat- 
ment from  other  doctors,  buc  instead  of  improving  I  continued  to  grow 
worse  until  I  took  treatment  from  Dr.  Foo.  One  who  has  suffered  the 
excruciating  pains  from  rheumafism  alone  can  imagine  the  joy  of  my 
experience  in  being  cured. 

"I  shall  certainly  advise  any  friends  of  mine,  who  may  need  a 
physician,  no  matter  what  their  disease  may  be,  to  consult  Dr.  Foo 
of  Redlands,  Cal. 

"Very  respectfully  yours,  THOS.  STEWART." 

From  this  time  Tom  Foo  Yuen's  business  and  popularity  grew 
very  rapidly.  And,  as  his  skill  became  better  known,  he  attracted 
to  his  office  a  very  high  class  of  patronage,  intelligent,  thinking  men 
and  women,  who  were  independent  enough  to  decide  for  themselves 
and  to  believe  the  evidences  of  their  own  senses,  in  spite  of  their 
inherited  and  acquired  prejudices.  These  ladies  and  gentlemen  saw 
that,  no  matter  what  theorists  might  say,  the  actual,  undeniable 
results  of  the  herbal  treatment  were  many  remarkable  cures.  Patrons 
continued  to  come  from  San  Bernardino,  Redlands  and  Riverside  and 
the  country  surrounding  those  interior  cities,  and  finally  became  so 
numerous  that  Tom  Foo  Yuen  for  some  time  made  a  trip  to  San  Ber- 
nardino every  two  weeks,  in  order  to  see  these  patrons. 

His  experience  with  the  American  doctor  in  San  Bernardino  was 
very  similar  to  his  experience  with  members  of  the  fraternity  in 
Redlands  and  Los  Angeles.  Dr.  C.  A.  Stoddard  of  San  Bernardino 
apparently  became  alarmed  at  Foo's  growing  success  in  that  city, 
and  caused  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  the  illegal  practice  of  medicine. 
The  case  was  thrown  out  of  court  by  the  justice  before  whom  it  was 
brought,  Foo  having  in  the  meantime  given  bonds  for  appearance; 
but,  as  usual,  it  created  a  great  deal  of  discussion  among  physicians 
and  their  patients  in  the  newspapers.  An  open  letter  to  Dr.  Stod- 


100  FOO  &  WIN(jr  HERB  COMPANY 

dard  was  published  in  the  San  Bernardino  Times-Index  for  December 
28,  1895.  This  letter  stated  concisely  Tom  Foo  Yuen's  position  in  ref- 
erence to  the  charges  brought  against  him,  and  attracted  much  atten- 
tion at  the  time.  It  is  an  able  defence  of  the  right  of  every  man  who 
is  skilled  in  healing;  to  use  his  skill  for  the  benefit  of  the  unfortunate 
among  mankind  who  are  afflicted  with  disease. 

T.  Foo  Yuen  has  continued  to  reside  in  Los  Angeles  since  his 
removal  to  that  city  from  Redlands  in  1895.  For  several  years  his 
home,  and  that  of  the  institution  of  which  he  is  the  head,  has  been  at 
903  S.  Olive  street.  In  the  course  of  time  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb 
Company  was  incorporated,  as  an  incorporation  seemed  to  be  the  best 
form  of  association  for  conducting  the  constantly  growing  business. 

T.  Foo  Yuen  and  his  associates  have  at  different  times  prepared 
and  published  many  articles  dealing  with  medical  topics  from  the 
Oriental  point  of  view.  A  few  of  these  are  reprinted  in  this  volume 
and  will  doubtless  be  of  interest  to  the  reader.  A  project  upon  which 
Foo  has  bestowed  much  thought  is  the  establishment  in  America  of  a 
College  of  Oriental  Medicine,  at  which  the  merits  of  the  Chinese  sys- 
tem of  herbal  treatment  could  be  taught  to  American  students.  Some 
further  reference  will  be  made  to  this  subject  in  the  succeeding  pages. 


A   College  of  Oriental    Medicine    in    Los  Angeles — A    Long   Cherished 

Plan  of  T.  Foo  Yuen's — Encouragement  From  Many 

of  His  Patrons. 

HIGH   PRAISE  FROM  A  MINISTER 
ON   THE   ANCIENT  ART   OF    HEALING  THE   SICK. 

Rev.  James   Bracewell    Pays   Tribute   to  the   Wonderfull   Skill   of  the 
Celebrated  Oriental  Imperial  Physician,  Tom  Foo  Yuen. 

He  Is  the  Best  Fitted  Man  to  Establish  and  Preside  Over  an  Oriental 
Medical  College  in  This  Country — Something  New  in  America. 

A  remarkable  thing  about  the  Oriental  system  of  medicine  is  its 
growing  popularity  in  the  United  States.  Of  course,  everybody  is 
prejudiced  against  anything  Chinese,  as  we  forget  that  there  are  all 
classes  among  this  people,  as  among  other  races,  the  rich  and  the 
poor,  the  small  and  the  great,  the  educated  and  the  ignorant.  We  of 
America  judge  the  whole  nation  by  the  standard  of  its  lowest  class, 
the  laborers  who  come  to  our  shores  and  undertake  menial  employ- 
ments. We  rarely  meet  the  men  of  education  and  influence,  and 
know  comparatively  little  about  them.  The  surprise  of  an  American 
is  therefore  great  when  he  finds  that  herbs  imported  from  China  and 
prescribed  by  a  Chinese  physician  have  cured  him  of  some  painful  and 
perhaps  chronic  malady.  It  has  occurred  to  many  people  who  have  had 
this  experience  that  the  American  people  at  large  ought  to  have  the 
benefit  of  these  remedies.  It  seems  like  a  very  plain  and  simple 
proposition  that,  if  there  are  medicines  not  in  use  among  our  own  phy- 
sicians which  are  nevertheless  of  great  value,  those  medicines  ought 

to  be  brought  to  their  attention  and  they  ought  to  be  induced  to  inves- 

.,'- 

V  0FTHE 


102  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

tigate  their  merits,  and,  if  found  satisfactory,  to  adopt  them  in  their 
practice.  Dr.  Foo  is  willing  to  assist  in  this  effort,  and  many  of  his 
patrons  believe  that  it  would  be  successful.  The  intention  is  to  estab- 
lish a  College  of  Oriental  Medicine,  at  which  the  principles  of  this 
system  shall  be  taught  to  all  who  care  to  study  them,  just  as  the 
methods  of  other  systems  of  medicine  are  taught  in  other  schools. 
Among  the  many  men  who,  from  the  favorable  opinion  which  they 
have  formed  of  this  method  of  healing,  are  desirous  of  seeing  such  a 
school  established  in  Los  Angeles,  is  the  Rev.  James  Bracewell  of 
Ontario,  a  gentleman  of  intelligence  and  culture  who  has  had  oppor- 
tunity to  study  the  merits  of  this  system,  and  has  been  very  favorably 
impressed  by  them.  His  letter  was  originally  published  in  the  Los 
Angeles  papers,  December  22,  1896,  and  is  as  follows: 

ONTARIO,  Cal.,  Dec.  8,  1896. 
To  the  Public: 

I  became  acquainted  with  T.  Foo  Yuen,  the  celebrated  Chinese 
physician,  about  three  years  ago,  and  in  conversing  with  him  I  learned 
much  of  his  methods  of  diagnosing  diseases  and  the  medicines  he 
uses  in  his  practice.  I  was  much  surprised  to  learn  that  his  only 
method  of  locating  diseases  in  the  human  body,  and  the  strength  or 
virulence  of  the  disease,  was  by  simply  feeling  the  pulse.  So  to  sat- 
isfy myself  and  remove  all  doubts  in  regard  to  the  matter,  I  put  the 
doctor  to  the  test  and  found  that  he  exactly  described  my  condition. 
I  also  talked  with  several  persons  present  who  had  been  treated  by 
him  and  had  been  entirely  cured  of  diseases  of  long  standing,  or  in  a 
fair  way  of  complete  recovery.  Tho^e  parties  all  expressed  the 
utmost  confidence  in  his  ability  as  a  skillful  physician;  in  fact,  so  far 
as  I  could  learn,  all  those  cases  were  chronic,  difficult  and  unyielding, 
where  the  ordinary  means  as  employed  by  our  American  doctors  had 
utterly  failed  to  effect  a  cure. 

For  the  sake  of  suffering  humanity  in  the  United  States,  where 
diseases  are  so  prevalent,  I  should  be  glad  if  Dr.  Foo  should  establish 
a  medical  college  in  this  country,  where  the  Chinese  system  of  medi- 
cine as  taught  in  the  Imperial  Medical  College  of  Peking,  China,  could 
be  taught,  and  thereby  a  knowledge  of  the  ancient  art  of  healing  the 
sick  could  be  spread  abroad  in  this  country.  Many  people  are  very 
much  prejudiced  against  the  Chinese  system  of  medicine  and  the 
methods  employed  by  Chinese  physicians.  This  is  to  be  accounted 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  103 

for  by  the  fact  that  most  people  fail  to  distinguish  between  the  igno- 
rant and  in  many  cases  fraudulent  Chinese  physicians  and  those  who 
are  educated,  intelligent  and  conscientious.  All  the  graduates  of  the 
Imperial  Medical  College  of  Peking  are  very  well  educated,  so  I  am 
well  informed  from  the  best  authority,  but  there  are  only  thirty  of 
those  physicians  in  the  vast  Chinese  empire,  and  their  practice  is 
confined  mostly  to  their  own  countrymen. 

Dr.  Foo  is  a  graduate  of  the  Imperial  Medical  College  of  Peking, 
China.  He  is  a  nephew  of  the  distinguished  Li  Po  Tai,  formerly  of 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  from  whom  he  received  much  information  as  to 
the  difference  in  the  physical  make-up  between  the  man  of  Oriental 
birth  and  the  man  of  Occidental  birth,  the  difference  being  caused 
by  climate,  soil,  food  and  environment,  and  all  these  things  cause 
different  diseases,  or  modifications  of  the  same  disease,  and  hence 
rare  skill  is  required  on  the  part  of  the  Chinese1  physician  to  so  accu- 
rately determine  the  nature  of  the  disease  and  the  proper  remedies 
to  give  in  each  particular  case.  ) 

Dr.  Foo  is  without  a  peer  among  Chinese  physicians  in  the  United 
States. 

He  has  a  diploma  from  the  Imperial  Medical  College  at  Peking, 
China,  and  certificates  from  the  Chinese  Consul  at  San  Francisco,  all 
of  which  are  genuine.  I  believe  Dr.  Foo  is  the  proper  man  to  estab- 
lish a  Chinese  medical  college  in  this  country,  and  thus  impart  to  our 
people  a  knowledge  of  the  system  of  medicine  as  taught  and  prac- 
ticed by  learned  physicians  of  China. 

At  one  time  the  homeopathic  physicians  were  not  recognized  in 
this  country,  but  now  receive  the  same  recognition  as  is  given  to  the 
allopathic  physicians. 

Dr.  Foo  being  a  skilled  physician,  an  educated,  conscientious  gen- 
tleman, is  entitled  to  the  same  consideration  and  respect.  Our  gov- 
ernment ought  not  to  discriminate  against  any  man  on  account  of  race 
or  place  of  birth,  but  accord  to  all  equal  rights  and  equal  protection, 
and  we  should  -recognize  skill,  worth  and  merit  wherever  we  may  find 
them. 

I  have  written  this  letter  in  order  to  say  something  in  behalf  of 
Dr.  Foo  and  his  books,  and  writings. 

I  should  be  glad  if  others  who  are  interested  in  these  matters 
would  lend  a  helping  hand,  and  thus  give  encouragement  and  support 
to  what  I  consider  a  worthy  and  meritorious  cause.  Yours  truly, 

REV.  JAMES  BRACEWELL. 


104  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

THE    COLLEGE    OF    ORIENTAL    MEDICINE. 

An  Opportunity  for  Americans — They  May  Now  Acquaint  Themselves 
With  the   Most  Ancient  System  of   Healing   Extant. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bracewell's  letter  attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention 
among  Foo's  numerous  friends  and  acquaintances.  Letters  from 
others  in  favor  of  the  plan  of  establishing  a  college  soon  began  to 
come,  showing  that  the  idea  was  popular  with  those  best  qualified  to 
judge  of  its  merits.  We  give  a  few  of  these  herewith,  as  they  illus- 
trate the  standing  which  this  system  has  attained  among  its  friends. 

Not  the  least  of  Foo's  accomplishments  is  his  acquaintance  with 
the  English  language.  When  he  came  to  America  he  knew  not  a 
word  of  English,  but  now  he  speaks  it  with  surprising  clearness,  and 
shows  wonderful  aptness  in  learning  the  exact  shades  of  meaning  of 
new  words  and  in  acquiring  their  pronunciation.  This  faculty  of 
learning  a  language  which  all  foreigners  find  difficulty  in  acquiring  is 
doubtless  due  in  great  part  to  Foo's  overmastering  ambition  to  be  the 
first  of  his  race  to  impart  the  secrets  of  Oriental  medicine  to  the 
western  world.  This  has  been  a  favorite  project  with  him  ever  since 
he  first  came  to  this  coast,  and  he  is  now  perfecting  arrangements 
to  carry  the  plan  into  execution.  He  proposes  to  establish  a  school 
or  college  of  Oriental  medicine,  in  order  that  American  physicians 
and  others  may  familiarize  themselves  with  diagnosis  by  the  pulse  and 
with  the  use  of  the  Chinese  herbal  remedies,  as  well  as  with  the 
philosophy  of  the  system. 

To  the  unthinking,  this  plan  may  seem  foolish  and  impracticable. 
There  are  always  people  who  are  willing  to  condemn,  without  investi- 
gation, anything  that  is  new  to  them,  especially  if  it  comes  from  a 
country  which  is  supposed  to  be  inhabited  by  barbarians.  But  it  is  a 
striking  fact,  which  cannot  be  ignored,  that  those  who  know  T.  Foo 
Yuen  best  are  the  most  ardent  supporters  of  his  plan.  It  is  hardly 
reasonable  to  suppose  that  these  people  are  all  mistaken  in  their 
ideas  of  the  value  of  this  system  of  medicine.  Some  of  our  own 
physicians  even,  who  have  investigated  it,  have  declared  that  there 
is  merit  both  in  diagnosis  by  the  pulse  and  in  the  use  of  non-poisonous 
herbal  remedies.  Just  how  far  these  can  be  -used  under  American 
habits  of  life  and  ways  of  thinking  may  be  a  question,  but  many 
shrewd  observers  will  believe  that  there  are  fortunes  awaiting  the 
people  who  are  the  first  to  study  into  these  matters  and  adapt  this 
system  to  the  needs  of  our  civilization. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  105 

GREAT  BENEFITS  TO  AMERICANS. 

The  following  is  from  a  lady  who  has  had  a  very  remarkable  expe- 
rience with  this  system.  She  says: 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  Dec.  15,  1896. 

In  1895  my  little  daughter,  Clara,  was  cured  by  Dr.  Foo  of  a  very 
long  and  painful  disease,  which  required  a  great  deal  of  surgical  atten- 
tion and  had  been  unsuccessfully  treated  by  eight  white  physicians. 
They  had  pronounced  the  case  incurable,  and  had  given  her  up,  but 
Dr.  Foo  cured  her  without  the  use  of  instruments  and  without  any 
pain  or  danger,  simply  by  the  use  of  herbal  remedies  and  some  local 
applications.  The  full  history  of  this  cure  was  published  in  the  Los 
Angeles  papers  in  February,  1896,  and  I  think  that  everybody  will 
still  remember  it,  as  it  attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention  at  the  time. 

Not  long  ago  I  had  a  great  deal  of  trouble  with  neuralgia  in  the 
head,  with  fainting  spells.  Dr.  Foo  gave  me  remedies  for  these  diffi- 
culties, which  I  took  for  four  months  and  a  half,  with  the  result  that  i 
was  completely  cured.  My  son,  Will  P.  Carr,  while  working  in  the 
mines  in  Arizona,  contracted  mineral  poison,  which  took  the  form 
of  eczema.  He  could  not  come  to  Los  Angeles  for  treatment,  but  I 
learned  that  Dr.  Foo  is  able  to  treat  patients  at  a  distance  by  means 
of  an  excellent  list  of  questions  which  he  has  prepared.  My  son 
answered  these  questions  carefully  and  wrote  a  letter  every  two  weeks 
telling  about  his  condition  as  fully  as  possible.  Dr.  Foo  would  send 
two  weeks'  medicine  at  a  time,  and  in  this  way  my  son  was  cured  in 
three  months.  Then  I  understood  that  Dr.  Foo's  skill  can  be  adapted 
to  all  cases'  both  at  home  and  at  a  distance. 

Others  of  my  friends  have  had  similar  experiences  with  Dr.  Foo, 
and  all  have  been  satisfied  with  the  results.  I  am  convinced  by  what 
I  have  seen  that  Dr.  Foo  must  have  had  a  very  thorough  education  in 
Oriental  medicine,  which  fact  is  further  shown  by  his  position  as  a 
member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Imperial  Medical  College  at  Peking, 
China. 

I  have  thought  for  a  long  time  that  some  influential  person 
ought  to  take  this  system  up  and  introduce  it  to  the  notice  of  the 
American  people,  for  it  is  certainly  worthy  of  study. 

I  have  been  in  hopes  that  somebody  who  was  qualified  would 
make  a  strong  plea  for  Dr.  Foo's  skill  and  attract  students  to  his  sys- 
tem of  curing.  I  believe  that  this  would  be  a  great  benefit  to  the 


106  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

American  people  and  to  the  world.  I  now  understand  that  Rev.  Mr. 
Bracewell  has  given  his  opinions  for  this  purpose,  and  I  shall  certainly 
try  to  help  him  in  every  way  within  my  power.  I  am  very  glad  to  see 
this  plan  started,  and  I  believe  that  it  will  succeed. 

My  own  knowledge  of  Oriental  medicine  is  proved  by  facts  which 
are  so  clear  that  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  question  them.  These 
facts  are  also  known  by  a  wide  circle  of  my  friends  and  acquaintances. 
If  there  were  no  other  cases  of  cures  except  those  in  my  own  family 
I  should  be  fully  convinced  of  the  merits  of  this  system.  I  therefore 
have  no  hesitancy  in  recommending  his  system,  and  I  am  sure  that  if 
it  can  be  taught  in  such  a  way  that  our  own  people  can  understand 
the  use  of  these  herbal  remedies  and  can  learn  how  to  prescribe  them 
for  various  diseases,  a  great  deal  of  good  will  result  and  many  people 
in  all  parts  of  the  country  will  be  benefited.  I  hope  that  the  proposed 
college  will  be  a  success.  MRS.  ANNIE  HUMPHERY, 

217  East  Ann  street. 


ADVANTAGES  OVER  OTHER  METHODS. 

George  W.  Hazard  discusses  this  subject  in  the  following  apprecia- 
tive letter: 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  Dec.  14,  1896. 

I  have  seen  the  letter  written  by  Rev.  James  Bracewell  of  On- 
tario, published  in  the  Los  Angeles  Express  of  December  12,  in  refer- 
ence to  the  establishment  in  this  country  of  a  school  of  Oriental  medi- 
cine by  T.  Foo  Yuen.  Mr.  Bracewell  is  entirely  disinterested  in  this 
matter,  having  derived  his  favorable  opinion  of  Oriental  medicine 
from  personal  observation.  His  motive  in  recommending  the  found- 
ing of  such  a  school  is  simply  that  of  doing  good  to  the  world,  and  is 
prompted  by  his  kindness  of  heart  and  his  philanthropy  as  a  minister 
of  the  gospel.  I  know  Mr.  Bracewell  and  have  a  high  opinioji  of  his 
character  and  attainments,  which  command  the  respect  of  all  who 
know  him. 

His  ideas  are  in  accord  with  those  of  many  others  who  have  per- 
sonally studied  the  merits  of  the  Oriental  system  of  medicine  and 
have  watched  the  results  of  that  system,  either  in  their  own  cases  or 
in  the  cases  of  friends  and  acquaintances.  I  am  aware  that  it  is  the 
fashion,  in  some  quarters,  to  discredit  this  system  because  it  comes 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  107 

from  a  people  who  are  supposed  to  be  inferior  in  intelligence  to  the 
Caucasian  race.  While  I  am  not  inclined  to  discuss  this  question  at 
length,  yet  there  are  a  few  well-established  facts  which  indicate  that 
this  widely-prevalent  opinion  is  erroneous,  and  show  that  this  ancient 
system  of  medicine  is,  in  many  respects,  both  of  theory  and  of  prac- 
tice, superior  to  that  which  is  practiced  among  us  at  the  present  time. 
To  discredit  it  and  despise  it  simply  because  it  has  come  down  to  the 
human  race  through  hundreds  of  years  and  because  it  is  practiced  by 
a  people  who  are  aliens  to  us,  seems  to  me  a  mark  not  of  intelligence, 
but  of  foolish  national  pride,  or  race  prejudice,  which  prevents  us 
from  seeing  the  good  that  may  exist  among  other  nations. 

Take  the  Chinese  ideas  of  anatomy,  for  instance,  which  were 
originally  founded  upon  the  practice  of  vivisection.  These  ideas  differ 
in  many  important  particulars  from  the  ideas  taught  in  our  own 
schools.  Yet  they  are  so  thoroughly  rooted  in  common  sense  that 
they  appeal  at  once  to  the  intelligence  of  all  who  take  the  trouble  to 
investigate  them  without  prejudice.  The  teachings  of  the  Oriental 
system  in  reference  to  the  functions  of  the  spleen  are  an  example  of 
this.  Physicians  of  our  own  race  admit  that  they  know  nothing  about 
the  functions  of  this  organ.  They  so  state  in  their  text-books,  and  so 
they  inform  their  medical  students.  In  a  controversy  over  the  merits 
of  Chinese  medicine  about  a  year  and  a  half  ago  a  prominent  physi- 
cian of  Southern  California  accused  T.  Foo  Yuen  of  false  pretenses 
because  he  claimed  to  know  something  about  the  functions  of  this 
organ,  and  ridiculed  this  claim,  saying,  in  effect,  that  if  this  were  true 
Dr.  Foo  knew  more  than  all  the  great  doctors  who  have  ever  lived 
among  civilized  races. 

I  was  told  recently  by  a  gentleman  of  intelligence  and  personal 
integrity  of  a  case  in  Southern  California  in  which  ignorance  of  the 
functions  of  this  organ  was  a  factor  in  determining  the  life  or  death 
of  a  patient,  Alexander  Gordon,  the  victim  of  a  gunshot  wound,  acci- 
dentally received  in  the  stomach.  During  an  operation  the  attending 
physicians  came  upon  the  patient's  spleen,  in  the  course  of  their  cut- 
ting. "We  don't  know  what  this  is  for,"  they  said,  "and  it  isn't  of 
any  use  to  the  man,  anyhow."  So  they  cut  it  out  and  threw  it  away. 
The  patient  died  in  a  few  hours.  This  incident,  incredible  as  it  seems 
to  be,  was  told  to  me  for  truth,  and,  whether  it  is  true  or  not,  it  shows 
the  general  ignorance  of  the  medical  profession  as  regards  the  func- 
tions of  this  organ  is  well  understood  among  all  classes. 


108  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

Now,  as  God  made  the  human  body  as  it  is,  He  evidently  intended 
the  spleen  to  perform  some  important  function.  If  it  had  nothing  to 
do  it  would  not  be  a  part  of  the  human  body.  It  is  certainly  astound- 
ing that  students  of  the  human  body  should  remain  in  ignorance  of 
the  functions  of  this  or  any  other  organ,  or,  being  ignorant,  should  be 
willing  to  admit  that  ignorance,  and  should  deride  others  for  claiming 
in  good  faith,  to  possess  knowledge  upon  this  subject. 

The  Chinese  system  of  anatomy  and  medicine  explains  this  matter 
and  many  others  upon  which  our  ideas  seem  to  be  indefinite  and  con- 
fused. Dr.  Foo  has  briefly  explained  the  functions  of  the  spleen  in 
chapters  from  his  forthcoming  books,  already  published,  and  will  dis- 
cuss them  more  in  detail  at  a  later  date.  The  American  people  are 
the  wonder  and  admiration  of  all  other  nations  of  the  world  for  their 
advance  and  progress  in  everything  outside  of  the  care  of  their  bodies 
and  lives.  In  matters  of  trade,  finance,  transportation,  mining,  agri- 
culture and  everything  in  which  human  ingenuity  may  be  applied  to 
mechanical  or  industrial  pursuits,  we  lead  the  world.  But  we,  as  a 
nation,  are  making  no  advances  or  improvements  upon  our  own  meth- 
ods of  taking  care  of  our  health  and  curing  our  diseases.  This 
neglected  field  seems  to  me  the  most  important  field  of  all,  and  I 
think  that  when  a  new  system  of  medicine — or  at  least  one  which  is 
new  to  us — is  offered  to  us,  we  should  give  it  a  careful  consideration. 
I  believe  that  the  profession  of  medicine  is  more  important  today  than 
any  other  profession,  and  is  less  satisfactory  as  compared  with  the 
advances  in  other  professions. 

It  is  not  only  in  theory  that  the  Chinese  system  of  medicine  has 
shown  its  merits  and  proved  its  successes.  In  results  it  is  equally 
satisfactory.  It  is  impossible  to  explain  away  this  fact,  which  is 
proved  by  the  testimony  of  many  living  witnesses.  There  is  some- 
thing in  the  remedies  used  or  the  diagnoses  which  cure  where 
other  methods  fail.  I  do  not  make  the  absurd  claim  that  this  system 
always  cures,  or  the  equally  absurd  claim  that  no  other  system  has 
any  good  in  it,  or  that  all  our  physicians  are  ignorant  or  incompetent, 
but  I  do  say  that  in  many  respects,  and  in  the  treatment  of  many 
diseases,  the  Chinese  system  has  advantages  over  others,  as  is  shown 
by  the  results  of  treatment  with  the  Chinese  herbal  remedies. 

For  this  reason  I  am  in  favor  of  the  establishment  of  an  Oriental 
college  of  medicine  in.  Los  Angeles,  as  suggested  by  Rev.  Mr.  Brace- 
well's  letter.  I  believe  that  a  consistent,  thorough  and  unbiased  study 


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of  the  principles  underlying  this  system  of  medicine  would  benefit 
humanity  by  adding  to  the  sum  of  human  knowledge  upon  questions 
of  health,  which  are  questions  of  the  very  highest  importance. 

GEORGE  W.  HAZARD. 


LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  Jan.  4,  1902. 
To  the  Foo  &  Wing  Herb  Go.: 

Gentlemen: — I  desire  to  inform  the  public,  and  especially  suffer- 
ers from  disease,  of  the  remarkable  cure  you  effected  in  my  case. 
My  principal  trouble  was  muscular  and  inflamatory  rheumatism, 
which  came  on  me  while  ranching  in  Colorado  six  years  ago.  Since 


Q.    W.    MOODY. 

that  time  I  have  suffered  much  pain  and  endured  many  inconveniences 
from  this  terrible  disease.  I  sought  relief  from  many  eminent  doc- 
tors— so  called — in  different  parts  of  the  country,  but  they  did  me  no 
good.  I  also  visited  hot  springs  at  different  times,  and  found  no  relief 
from  that  source,  but  gradually  grew  worse,  and  finally  decided  to 


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come  to  Los  Angeles,  thinking  the  change  in  climate  might  be  bene- 
ficial, as  I  had  almost  despaired  of  getting  relief  from  any  source, 
and  at  the  end  of  two  months'  residence  here  I  was  feeling  much 
worse  than  when  I  arrived.  Fortunately  for  me,  however,  about  that 
time  I  noticed  your  advertisement  in  the  papers,  and,  prompted  by 
curiosity,  I  concluded  to  call  and  have  an  examination,  which  I  did, 
and  after  undergoing  the  wonderful  pulse  diagnosis  by  Dr.  T.  Foo 
Yuen,  I  was  so  surprised,  as  well  as  elated  over  the  correctness  of 
the  diagnosis,  as  he  described  my  feelings  better  than  I  could  have 
done,  that  I  decided  at  once  to  try  your  herb  remedies,  as  I  was  con- 
vinced after  giving  me  such  a  correct  diagnosis  that  you  were  skilled 
and  clever  enough  to  cure  my  disease;  and  I  am  happy  to  say  that  I 
was  not  disappointed.  After  taking  two  and  one-half  courses  of  your 
wonderful  herb  remedies  I  find  myself  relieved  from  one  of  the  worst 
diseases  that  afflicts  mankind.  And  I  feel  better  in  every  way  than 
I  have  at  any  time  during  the  past  ten  years,  and  feel  that  I  have  a 
new  lease  of  life.  When  I  first  came  to  you  I  was  scarcely  able  to 
walk.  Now  I  take  long  walks  daily,  and  also  ride  the  bicycle  and 
enjoy  the  exercise.  I  can  cheerfully  and  conscientiously  recommend 
the  Chinese  herbal  remedies  when  administered  by  such  skillful  and 
scintific  doctors  as  the  members  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Co. 
Yours  truly,  G.  W.  MOODY, 

221  S.  Bunker  Hill  avenue. 


A  GENERAL  LETTER  FROM  SEVERAL  PATRONS  SHOWING 
THAT  RESULTS  HAVE  GIVEN  THEM  CONFIDENCE. 

LOS  ANGELES,  California. 
T.  Foo  Yuen,  City: 

Dear  Sir:  The  results  of  our  treatment  by  the  Oriental  system 
of  medicine  as  practiced  by  you  have  been  very  satisfactory  to  us, 
and  have  proved  to  us  that  there  is  great  benefit  to  be  derived  from 
the  herbal  remedies  when  their  use  is  directed  by  the  care  and  skill 
of  which  you  are  possessed. 

We  have  also  watched  the  effects  of  this  treatment  in  other  cases 
of  which  we  have  known  or  which  we  have  seen  while  we  have  been 
your  patrons.  The  favorable  results  in  these  cases  have  inspired 
confidence  in  the  system  and  in  your  skill  and  ability.  These  reme- 
dies seem  to  be  adapted  to  a  great  many  different  diseases  and  to  be 


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successful  in  an  unusually  large  proportion  of  the  cases  which  com- 
mence treatment. 

We  believe  that  a  wider  knowledge  of  the  principles  of  this  sys- 
tem would  result  in  great  good  to  invalids  and  to  the  world  in  gen- 
eral. We  think  that  such  knowledge  ought  to  be  encouraged  in  every 
way,  and  that  people  ought  to  be  urged  to  study  this  system,  both  in 
its  theories  and  in  the  many  cases  which  show  its  results.  We  believe 
that  you  are  well  qualified  by  your  skill  in  the  use  of  these  remedies, 
by  your  knowledge  of  the  English  language,  and  by  your  acquaintance 
with  the  condition  of  the  treatment  of  white  people,  both  to  teach 
the  theories  of  the  system  of  medicine  and  to  practice  those  theories 
in  particular  cases,  as  applied  to  the  treatment  of  different  diseases. 

For  this  reason  we  are  willing  to  sign  this  general  letter  of  rec- 
ommendation as  an  encouragement  to  others  to  study  this  system, 
and,  if  out  of  health,  to  test  it  for  themselves.  Very  truly  yours, 

MR.  H.  D.  EVEREST,  P.  O.  box  283,  Los  Angeles. 

MR.  E.  W.  SANDISON,  38th  and  Budlong  avenue,  Los  Angeles. 

MRS.  T.  D.  MERRYMAN,  3020  Hoover  street,  Los  Angeles. 

COL.  E.  D.  G.  MORGAN,  Duarte,  Cal. 

MRS.  M.  RAYMOND,  1037  S.  Broadway,  Los  Angeles. 

MR.  A.  J.  SANBORN,  419  E.  Fourth  street,  i^os  Angeles. 

MR.  E.  M.  WADE,  11  5%  N.  Main  street,  Los  Angeles. 

N.  VAN  ZANDT,  Ft.  Dodge,  Iowa. 

MRS.  B.  HOWARD,  467  C  street,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 

MR.  J.  W.  SYMMES,  Redlands,  Cal. 

MR.  HENRY  F.  DE  SOUZA,  San  Jacinto,  Cal. 

MR.  B.  J.  INWALL,  San  Jacinto,  Cal. 

MRS.  E.  P.  HILLMAN,  919  South  Broadway. 

H.  I.  ROPER,  Station  A,  Los  Angeles. 

MRS.  S.  E.  BRYSON,  Belmont  avenue  and  Temple  street. 

A.  WILSON,  261  E.  Tenth  street,  Riverside,  Cal. 

GEO.  W.  HAZARD,  933  South  Broadway. 

MRS.  A.  T.  CHUBB,  949  South  Broadway. 

WM.  COGSWELL,  1138  South  Flower  street. 

MISS  SADIE  MTHERSON,  McPherson,  Orange  county,  Cal. 

C.  B.  GRANNIS,  1508  South  Main  street. 

J.  J.  TYLER,  South  Pasadena,  Cal. 

MRS.  P.  N.  PORTMAN,  501  Temple  street,  Los  Angeles. 

F.  E.  STURGIS,  301  South  Broadway,  Los  Angeles. 


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C.  R.  WHEELER,  117  San  Pedro  street,  Los  Angeles. 

MRS.  J.  C.  RHOADES,  Los  Angeles. 

A.  A.  DEXTER,  JR.,  Fourth  and  A  streets,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 

MR.  and  MRS.  MAGGA  MOTHERSPAW,  Del  Rosa,  Cal. 

E.  R.  VAN  DEURSEN,  482  Third  street,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 

W.  M.  WRIGHT,  Ontario,  Cal. 

J.  T.  BURROWS,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 

E.  P.  LANE,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 

HENRY  B.  RUGGLES,  Redlands,  Cal. 

JOHN  SCEALEY,  Redlands,   Cal. 

A.  J.  HENDRICKSON,  Redlands,  Cal. 

J.  R.  CAMPBELL,  Redlands,  Cal. 

MRS.  MATTIE  REEDER,  Redlands,  Cal. 

E.  C.  WARREN,  Redlands,  Cal. 

MRS.  FANNIE  VAN  LEUVEN,  1844  Naud  street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

MISS  B.  M.  COX,  Riverside,  Cal. 

MRS.  C.  ELLIS,  623  Tehama  street,  Los  Angeles. 

J.  B.  COURTNEY,  730  Commercial  street,  Los  Angeles. 

MRS.  J.  A.  JONES,  1002  Alpine  street,  Los  Angeles. 

P.  J.  BRANNEN,  1301  West  Washington  street,  Los  Angeles. 

MRS.  T.  G.  KELTY,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 


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THE    FIRST    HOME    OF   THE    FOO    &   WING    HERB   COMPANY. 

The  above  cut  represents  the  former  office  of  the  Foo  &  Wing 
Herb  Company,  together  with  a  few  of  the  many  patients  who  have 
been  benefited  by  the  genuine  Oriental  System  of  Medicine.  This 
office  was  on  Broadway,  Los  Angeles,  but,  after  remaining  here  for 
a  few  months,  the  company  was  compelled,  by  increasing  business,  to 
seek  larger  quarters. 


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The  above  cut  represents  the  office  and  home  of  the  Foo  &  Wing 
Herb  Company  at  the  present  writing,  January,  1902.  This  hand- 
some and  commodious  building  is  at  No.  903  S.  Olive  street,  one  of 
the  finest  of  the  residence  streets  of  Los  Angeles.  It  is  convenient 
to  the  business  center  and  easily  reached  by  several  lines  of  electric 
cars.  This  has  been  the  headquarters  of  this  company  for  several 
years  past.  Should  any  change  in  location  be  made  hereafter  the  fact 
will  be  noted  in  the  advertisements  of  the  company  in  the  daily  papers 
of  Los  Angeles. 


CHAPTER   V. 

TOM      LEONG. 

Vice-President  of  the  Foo  and  Wing   Herb  Company — A   Brief  Sketch 
of  His   Life  and   Education. 


Tom  Leong,  vice-president  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  is 
a  brother  of  Tom  Foo  Yuen,  and  is,  therefore,  like  him,  a  descendant 
of  a  race  of  physicians.  Tom  Leong  was  born  in  1868.  Since  he  came 
to  Los  Angeles,  a  few  years  ago,  he  has  been  an  assistant  to  his 
brother,  who  considers  his  skill  in  the  cure  of  disease  equal  to  his  own. 
This  has  been  shown  by  the  cure  of  many  difficult  cases.  For  six 
generations  past  their  family  has  been  a  race  of  physicians,  and  the 
remedies  which  they  employ  are  secrets  that  have  been  transmitted 
from  one  generation  to  another  and  improved  as  a  result  of  very 
wide  experience.  Most  of  the  ancestors  of  these  two  men  have: been 
physicians  of  national  reputation  in  their  own  country. 

During  his  residence  in  the  United  States  Foo  has  studied  closely 
the  application  of  his  remedies  for  the  cure  of  Americans,  and  his 
brother,  Tom  Leong,  has  reaped  the  benefit  of  the  experience  thus 
acquired.  Tom  Leong's  education,  in  his  own  country,  was  far  above 
that  of  the  ordinary  Chinese  physician.  From  the  beginning  of  his 
education  he  was  an  enthusiastic  student  in  all  the  disorders  of  the 
human  system.  His  grandfather  was  physician  to  the  Emperor  of 
China,  and  was  a  man  of  high; rank  in  his  country.  His  father  was 
the  late  Dr.  T.  Gee  Son.  They  taught  Tom  Leong  from  the  text-books 
of  their  profession,  which  he  studied  with  a  degree  of  intelligence  and 
power  of  learning  far  greater  than  the  average.  He  readily  grasped 
subjects  which  were  very  deep  and  difficult  of  understanding. 


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Tom  Leong  commenced  his  studies  at  school  at  the  age  of  six 
years,  and  continued  these  for  thirteen  years,  when  he  was  grad- 
uated from  the  common  schools.  Three  years  later  he  was  graduated 
from  the  high  school.  He  then  commenced  in  earnest  the  study  of 
medicine  at  a  hospital  conducted  in  Canton  by  his  father,  who  had 
returned  to  Canton  after  living  in  San  Francisco  for  several  years  as 
an  associate  physician  with  Li  Po  Tai,  during  which  time  he  cured 
many  white  people.  This; building  was  surrounded  by  a  park.  In  the 
front  of  the  building  was  the  office  where  the  patients  were  received. 


There  was  also  a  library  filled  with  the  books  comprised  in  the  course 
of  medical  instruction,  and  in  this  room  Tom  Leong  spent  most  of  his 
time,  every  day  for  three  years  in  very  earnest  study.  During  this 
time  he  was  not  allowed  to  go  away  to  visit  his  friends  or  to  go  home 
or  to  engage  in  anything  that  would  distract  his  mind  from  his  work. 
His  mother  alone  was  permitted  to  see  him,  but  she  had  to  come  to 
him  as  he  was  not  permitted  to  go  to  see  her.  His  only  vacation  dur- 
ing the  whole  year  was  a  period  of  about  ten  days  during  the  New 
Year,  when  he  was  permitted  to  go  home  and  see  his  relatives  and 


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friends.  Every  Sunday  was  a  day  of  rest  but,  although  Tom  Leong 
could  rest  from  his  work,  yet  he  could  not  go  out,  except  into  the 
park,  where  he  took  his  daily  exercise.  Yet,  although  he  was  very 
industrious,  the  confinement  and  close  application  to  study  did  not 
injure  his  health. 

Tom  Leong  followed  this  course  of  instruction  for  three  years 
to  the  great  satisfaction  of  his  teachers.  And,  after  he  had  attained 
proficiency  in  the  lessons  taught  in  the  books,  they  commenced  to 
teach  him  diagnosis  by  the  pulse.  He  was  now  granted  more  free- 
dom, was  permitted  to  go  into  the  office  where  the  patients  were 
accustomed  to  assemble  for  examination  and  to  go  to  see  his  friends. 
His  teachers  were  not  so  severe  as  during  the  first  three  years.  But 
he  still  studied  the  medical  books  very  carefully  and  also  learned  the 
use  of  the  different  remedies.  In  the  course  of  six  years  he  had 
studied  the  ancient  medical  books,  written  four  thousand  years  ago, 
and  also  all  the  important  works  on  medicine  written  since  that  time. 
He  then  became  versed  in  the  special  remedies  which  had  been 
handed  down  in  his  family  from  generation  to  generation.  The  next 
step  was  to  commence  to  prepare  prescriptions,  when  his  father  was 
busy,  and  in  this  way  he  entered  upon  the  active  practice  of  medicine. 

Tom  Leong's  father  was  anxious  to  have  his  son  very  skillful 
in  medicine,  more  so,  even,  than  himself.  He  therefore  sent  him  to 
study  with  a  physician  named  Fay  Pak  Hong,  who  was  the  most 
prominent  physician  in  all  China.  He  lived  in  the  city  of  Mangho, 
near  Shanghai,  in  the  province  of  Gong  Nam,  district  of  Sou  Chou. 
After  this  celebrated  physician  had  seen  Tom  Leong  and  had  given 
him  an  examination,  he  declared  that  he  was  already  so  proficient 
that  he  himself  could  teach  him  only  a  little,  and  that  the  remedies 
which  he  understood  were  better  even  than  those  which  had  been 
•handed  down  in  his  own  family.  So  Fay  Pak  Hong  made  him  a 
teacher  over  three  boys  of  his  own  in  order  that  they  might  get  the 
benefit  of  an  understanding  of  the  remedies  which  had  been  handed 
down  from  father  to  son  in  Tom  Leong's  family.  In  return,  he  taught 
Tom  Leong  the  secrets  of  his  own  remedies,  thus  improving  both 
systems. 

Tom  Leong  remained  with  Fay  Pak  Hong  for  two  years  and  then 
entered  the  Imperial  Medical  College  at  Peking,  where  he  studied 
for  three  years  and  was  then  graduated,  thus  becoming  an  Imperial 
doctor.  He  then  returned  to  Canton.  At  that  lime  the"  Foo  and  Wing 
Herb  Company  had  just  been  incorporated,  and  the  members  of  this 


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company  wanted  Tom  Leong  to  undertake  the  general  supervision  of 
the  preparation  of  their  remedies  in  China,  because  they  could  be 
manufactured  of  a  better  quality  in  China  than  in  San  Francisco,  as 
the  choicest  herbs  could  be  obtained  there  more  easily.  The  reme- 
dies prepared  by  Tom  Leong  have  been  found  very  efficient  and  have 
made  the  work  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Company  more  successful  than 
before. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  was  incorporated  in  1897,  and 
after  acting  as  its  agent  in  Canton  for  two  years,  during  which  time 
the  company  was  very  prosperous,  Tom  Leong  then  came  to  Los 
Angeles  as  an  assistant  to  T.  Foo  Yuen,  tho  president  of  the  com- 
pany. 

We  print  testimonials  of  a  few  of  the  cures  that  have 
been  made  by  Tom  Leong  in  Los  Angeles,  also  some  articles  on  a  few 
phases  of  Oriental  medicine  prepared  by  Tom  Leong  and  his  brother, 
T.  Foo  Yuen,  working  together.  Under  the  direction  of  his  brother 
also,  Tom  Leong  has  made  a  study  of  the  special  uses  of  the  remedies 
in  the  treatment  of  the  diseases  of  white  people,  and  adapting  them  to 
the  white  man's  ways  of  life.  Tom  Leong's  diploma  from  the  Imperial 
Medical  College  at  Peking  is  substantially  the  same  as  T.  Foo  Yuen's, 
and  for  that  reason  we  do  not  reproduce  it  in  these  pages.  But  we 
have  given  his  certificate  from  the  Chinese  Consul-General  at  San 
Francisco  both  in  Chinese  and  in  English,  in  or  fler  that  all  may  under- 
stand it. 


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FACSIMILE  OF   TOM   LEONG'S   CERTIFICATE   FROM  *  THE 
CHINESE  CONSUL-GENERAL. 


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C\ 


TRANSLATION  OF  TOM  LEONG^S  CERTIFICATE  FROM  THE 
CHINESE  CONSUL-GENERAL. 


CHAPTER   VL 


SOME   TOPICS   FROM    ORIENTAL   MEDICINE. 

Lessons  on  Anatomy  and  on  the  Cause  and  Origin  of  Diseases — The 
Medical  Profession  in  China — The  Herbal  Remedies — Vivi- 
section   Among   the    Chinese. 

These  articles  were  first  published  in  the  Los  Angeles  papers. 
They  are  certainly  very  unique,  and  are  the  result  of  patient  investi- 
gation by  the  learned  men  of  one  of  the  most  observing  peoples  on  the 
face  of  the  earth.  The  more  these  lessons  are  studied,  the  more  fully 
the  force  of  their  reasoning  is  impressed  upon  the  mind  of  the  student. 

LESSON    NO.    1— THE    CHINESE    SYSTEM    OF    ANATOMY. 

In  the  Chinese  medical  books  are  described  all  the  remedies  which 
benefit  the  human  system  in  such  a  way  that  everybody  may  under- 
stand. The  question  then  arises:  How  do  the  remedies  benefit  the 
system?  This  is  a  matter  that  has  puzzled  very  many  people  of  all 
countries.  Even  the  common  doctors  of  China,  those  who  are  not 
very  well  educated,  cannot  understand  the  reason  of  this.  I  will 
explain  why  this  is  so.  The  excellent  reason  is  given  in  books  written 
four  thousand  years  ago.  The  grammar  of  these  books  is  very  hard, 
and  the  reasoning  is  so  deep  that  the  common  doctor  cannot  learn. 
He  studies  modern  and  very  easy  books,  but  he  cannot  comprehend 
philosophy.  Many  hundred  years  ago  a  few  very  well  educated  doctors 
understood  everything,  but  they  never  had  their  profound  reasoning 
translated  into  easy  language,  and  they  never  had  their  many  hundred 


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books  condensed  by  searching  out  and  separating  the  essential  parts 
and  showing  them  to  all  the  world. 

English  people  who  have  lived  a  good  many  years  in  China,  and 
have  tried  to  translate  the  Chinese  medical  books,  have  found  them 
very  hard  to  learn  and  translate.  They  have  gone  part  way  and 
stopped  when  half  done,  and  have  found  no  one  suitable  to  explain 
these  books  to  them.  And  because  they  have  not  found  men  suffi- 
ciently well  educated  to  explain  these  books,  they  have  not  been  able 
to  simplify  them.  This  is  because  the  Chinese  language  is  more  diffi- 
cult to  learn  than  any  other  in  the  whole  world,  and  because  the 
medical  works  which  were  written  four  thousand  years  ago  are  more 
difficult  than  any  other  books  in  the  Chinese  language. 


A    NEW    LESSON    ON    ANATOMY. 

Speaking  of  anatomy,  I  suppose  that  the  subject  has  long  been 
written  in  the  books  of  all  civilized  nations.  Therefore  I  need  not 
speak  about  it  here  in  detail,  but  I  will  say  a  few  words  here  regard- 
ing the  Chinese  system  of  anatomy.  In  my  chapter  or  lesson  on  this 
subject  some  parts  of  the  reasoning  are  like  anatomy,  some  parts  are 
different  from  anatomy.  I  cannot  always  find  the  proper  name  in 
English,  but  can  say  Chinese  anatomy. 


THE  FUNCTIONS  OF  THE  FIVE  VITAL  ORGANS. 

I  cannot  write  all  of  this  lesson  here  because  it  is  too  long,  but  the 
five  kinds  of  vital  organs  belong  to  the  five  kinds  of  elements.  I  shall 
try  to  explain  the  lungs  first.  The  lungs  belong  to  the  mineral  ele- 
ment. They  are  in  the  upper  part  of  the  chest.  They  look  like  an 
umbrella.  They  are  connected  with  the  nostrils.  They  have  eight 
leaves  or  lobes,  six  in  front  and  two  in  the  oack.  There  are  nine 
divisions  of  the  pipe  through  the  throat  which  connect  the  lungs  with 
the  nose  and  are  called  in  English  the  trachea.  The  lungs  are  joined 
to  the  heart  by  large  veins.  The  power  in  the  outside  heat  of  the 
lungs  can  control  the  air  of  the  body  and  the  power  in  the  inside 
heat  can  control  the  large  intestine,  and  the  large  intestine  belongs 
to  the  mineral  element . 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  123 

THE    HEART. 


Next  I  shall  speak  of  the  heart.  This  organ  belongs  to  the  fire 
element.  It  lies  just  above  the  diaphragm.  There  is  a  close  connec- 
tion between  the  heart  and  the  tongue,  so  that  when  the  heart  wishes 
to  speak  the  tongue  will  follow.  The  natural  heat  or  influence  of  the 
heart  can  control  the  eye,  the  nose,  the  ear  and  the  tongue  alike  and 
altogether.  And  the  seven  affections  have  their  seat  in  the  heart. 
When  the  man  wakes  up  the  power  from  the  heart  is  furnished  to  the 
brain;  when  the  man  sleeps  the  brain  power  returns  to  the  heart. 
The  power  which  is  within  the  heart  controls  the  small  intestines 
which  also  belong  to  the  fire  element.  The  power  of  the  heart  through 
the  outside  controls  the  actions  of  the  body  by  the  arteries  which 
carry  the  blood  from  the  heart  through  the  body.  The  blood  is  then 
of  a  red  color,  and  it  returns  to  the  heart  through  the  veins  and  is 
dark.  The  heart  case  protects  the  heart  and  belongs  to  the  fire  ele- 
ment, too,  and  the  power  of  the  heart  case  goes  through  the  natural 
heat  between  the  two  kidneys,  where  is  the  seat  of  life.  Some  books 
say  that  life  is  in  the  brain;  some  books  say  that  it  is  in  the  heart; 
but  the  heart  and  the  brain  and  the  kidneys  are  all  connected  by  the 
current  of  air  through  the  natural  heat,  and  all  make  up  one  family. 


THE  SPLEEN. 


Now  let  us  speak  of  the  spleen,  which  belongs  to  the  earth  ele- 
ment. This  organ  lies  on  the  outside  of  the  stomach,  under  the  heart, 
and  its  place  is  near  the  left  side,  but  the  air  power  goes  through  the 
right  side,  because  we  can  feel  the  spleen  pulse  in  the  right  hand. 
The  spleen  catches  tne  impulse  from  the  food  and  liquid  taken  into 
the  stomach,  which  we  call  the  food  and  liquid  air,  and  sets  up  an 
action  like  the  balance-wheel  of  a  watch.  The  heat  from  the  spleen 
can  draw  the  liquid  from  the  gall,  which  goes  through  the  food  and 
liquid  in  the  stomach  and  causes  it  to  be  digested.  The  spleen  is  con- 
nected with  the  mouth.  The  power  of  the  spleen  on  the  inside  con- 
trols the  stomach,  and  the  stomach  belongs  to  the  earth  element. 
The  power  goes  through  the  outside  and  controls  the  flesh  of  the  body. 


124  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

THE    LIVER. 

• 

Next  we  will  speak  of  the  liver.  This  belongs  to  the  vegetable 
element,  and  has  seven  lobes.  It  lies  in  the  right  side  near  the  stom- 
ach, but  the  power  and  the  air  and  the  pulse  go  through  the  left  side, 
because  the  liver  pulse  is  found  in  the  left  hand.  I 

The  liver  is  closely  connected  with  the  eye.  The  power  on  the 
inside  controls  the  gall,  which  belongs  to  the  vegetable  element. 
The  power  of  the  liver  on  the  outside  controls  the  nerves  of  the  body. 

THE  KIDNEYS. 

I  will  try  to  speak  of  the  kidneys.  These  belong  to  the  water  ele- 
ment and  are  closely  connected  with  the  ear.  There  are  two  kidneys, 
which  lie  at  the  base  of  the  spine,  one  on  each  side.  The  pulse  fol- 
lows the  spine  to  the  brain,  and  the  kidneys  furnish  juices  to  the 
brain^  This  is  shown  because  the  natural  juices  of  the  kidneys  are 
white,  the  marrow  of  the  spine  is  white,  and  the  natural  juices  of  the 
brain  are  white.  And  all  of  these  three,  the  kidneys, 'the  spine  and  the 
brain,  make  one  family.  The  power  from  the  brain  inside  controls 
the  bladder,  which  belongs  to  the  water  element,  and  the  power 
on  the  outside  controls  the  bones  of  the  body  and  goes  between  the 
two  kidneys  (through  the  natural  heat),  and  the  resulting  power 
belongs  to  the  fire  element.  And  that  heat  can  warm  the  lower,  mid- 
dle and  upper  parts  of  the  vital  organs. 

DIGESTION   AND   NUTRITION. 

I  shall  try  to  explain  the  stomach  and  the  conditions  of  digestion. 
When  food  and  liquid  are  taken  into  the  stomach,  then  the  spleen  lies 
on  the  outside  of  the  stomach  and  sets  up  an  action  like  the  balance- 
wheel  of  a  watch,  and  causes  the  digestive  processes  by  agitating  the 
air  in  the  stomach  and  spleen  and  by  extracting  a  fluid,  from  which 
the  blood  and  all  other  natural  juices  of  the  body  are  produced.  This 
fluid  is  of  a  dark  color  as  taken  by  the  spleen,  and  is  sent  by  the 
force  of  the  spleen  to  the  lungs,  where  it  is  purified.  And  then  it 
passes  through  the  lower  part,  drop  by  drop,  like  the  falling  of  rain  in 
a  shower.  It  is  distributed  to  all  portions  of  the  body.  The  power 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  125 

thus  derived  from  the  lungs  produces  all  the  growth  of  the  skin;  that 
from  the  heart  causes  all  the  action  of  the  body,  through  the  blood; 
the  power  of  the  spleen  produces  all  of  the  flesh  of  the  body  and  fur- 
nishes all  the  strength  of  the  body;  the  liver  produces  all  of  the 
nerves,  and  the  kidneys  produce  all  of  the  bones.  There  are  five 
prime  vital  organs,  but  these  explanations  are  not  full  and  complete 
in  reference  to  the  growth  and  control  of  the  body  in  its  different 
parts. 

I  will  give  you  an  example  or  illustration  of  this  growth  and  con- 
trol. The  human  body  is  like  unto  the  earth  and  the  sky.  You  see 
how,  after  a  rainstorm,  the  sun  causes  the  evaporation  of  the  mois- 
ture in  the  earth,  which  causes  clouds,  and  rushes  to  the  sky,  making 
fog  and  rain,  which  falls  to  the  earth  producing  vegetation.  The  sun 
also  draws  the  dampness  up  again,  which  makes  more  clouds,  which 
rush  again  to  the  sky,  and  the  clouds  make  more  rainfall,  which  falls 
down  to  the  earth,  again  producing  vegetation,  giving  and  taking 
indefinitely.  The  spleen  is  like  unto  the  earth;  the  lungs  are  like 
unto  the  sky,  and  the  power  keeps  going  from  one  to  the  other. 


THE  QUESTION  OF  SLEEP. 

An  interesting  question  is:  "What  makes  a  person  sleep?"  I 
will  explain  this.  The  starting  point  in  the  circulation  of  the  human 
body  is  at  and  from  the  kidneys  to  the  heart  and  from  the  heart  to  the 
kidneys.  There  is  a  current  to  and  from  the  kidneys  to  the  heart  and 
from  the  heart  to  the  kidneys  an  interchange  of  air  or  power,  between 
these  two  organs,  which  is  perpetual  in  life.  If  the  current  of  air 
between  these  organs  is  broken,  death  ensues  instantly.  Also  there  is 
another  kind  of  air  to  the  kidneys  and  heart,  which  manifests  its 
power  over  the  system  when  the  man  lies  down  to  sleep.  The  mind 
becomes  quiet,  and  then  the  brain  power  returns  to  the  heart.  Then 
the  second  power  of  the  heart  expands  and  rushes  to  the  kidneys, 
and  the  second  power,  or  current,  of  the  kidneys  expands  and  rushes 
to  the  heart.  Then  the  man  sleeps,  and  if  the  current  of  air  continues 
strong  there  will  be  good  rest. 

When  there  is  excessive  brain  labor  this  affects  the  power,  which 
is  not  strong,  and  when  the  current  of  air  makes  weak  connection, 
the  sleep  is  very  poor.  The  brain,  the  heart  and  the  kidneys  make 
one  family. 


126  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

Every  one  who  studies  the  functions  of  the  vital  organs  should 
understand  that  they  perform  their  functions  by  the  natural  power  of 
air.  This  power  can  control  the  blood;  the  blood  cannot  control  the 
air.  You  can  see  this  from  the  bladder,  which  makes  a  little  hole 
Into  the  lower  part,  but  none  in  the  upper  part,  for  the .fluids  to  enter. 
And  the  small  intestines  perform  their  functions  naturally  in  the  same 
way.  The  refuse  goes  through  the  large  intestines  and  the  water 
goes  through  the  bladder  by  air  power.  Any  one  can  get  the  bladder 
of  a  cow  or  hog  for  examination.  You  may  turn  the  lower  hole  up, 
and  although  the  water  may  be  full  inside  not  one  drop  will  run  down. 
It  all  keeps  inside.  But  the  power  of  air  can  make  the  water  go  into 
the  bladder,  although  there  is  not  a  visible  place  for  it  to  enter. 
Sometimes  the  small  intestine  fails  to  perform  its  natural  function 
and  does  not  carry  off  the  water  and  fluids.  Then  the  water  goes 
through  the  large  intestine  and  causes  sickness. 

LESSON    NUMBER   TWO. 

The  Cause  and  Origin  of  Diseases — Three  Prime  Sources — Their  Influ- 
ence  Upon   the    Human   System   Traced    and    Explained. 

There  are  three  prime  sources  from  which  the  diseases  common  to 
mankind  originate.  The  first  of  these  includes  such  influences  as  are 
without  and  independent  of  the  body.  There  are  six  forms  of  air, 
namely:  Wind,  cold,  sun  heat,  damp  air,  dry  air  and  fire  air.  The 
second  sources  comprises  those  influences  which  cause  ill  health  from 
within  the  make-up  of  the  individual.  There  are  seven  of  these, 
namely:  Joy,  anger,  overwork,  study,  grief,  fright  and  fear.  These 
are  the  excessive  seven  affections.  The  third  source  of  disease 
includes  those  influences  which  are  neither  entirely  within  nor  without 
the  make-.up  of  the  individual.  They  include  improper  food  and^ 
liquids,  fire,  hot  or  cold  water  and  the  bites  of  insects  and  animals. 

Of  the  six  forms  of  injurious  air,  the  first,  wind  from  the  sky,  is 
slow  in  its  effects  upon  the  system.  There  are  a  good  many  different 
kinds  of  this  air.  The  second  form,  cold  air,  is  from  the  earth.  This 
may  cause  sickness  quickly.  There  are  also  a  good  many  kinds  of 
this  air.  Both  of  these  forms  are  indispensable  to  man,  yet  both  are 
sometimes  very  destructive  and  cause  the  worst  forms  of  disease  of 
any  from  this  source.  The  ancient  medical  works  tell  of  193  kinds 
of  sickness  from  wind  and  cold.  They  work  together,  but  cause 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  127. 

atmospheric  conditions  known  by  many  different  names.  The  third 
form  is  sun-heat,  which  causes  many  diseases,  among  which  is  sun- 
stroke. The  fourth  form  is  damp  air,  and  is  that  which  is  found  in 
low  altitudes  and  about  swamps,  and  soon  after  rainstorms.  This 
is  the  external)  source  and  origin  of  malaria.  The  fifth  form,  dry  air, 
is  caused  by  atmospheric  changes.  This  will  produce  dryness  in  the 
throat  and  mouth,  redness  of  the  eyes,  and  inflammation  in  other 
parts  of  the  body.  The  sixth  form,  fire  air,  is  a  poisonous  condition 
of  the  atmosphere,  and  the  worst  form  of  this  air  causes  cholera;  but 
other  forms  cause  lighter  epidemics.  This  form  of  injurious  air  causes 
death  very  quickly,  while  all  the  others  work  destruction  slowly. 


EFFECTS  OF  THE  EMOTIONS. 

An  excess  of  any  mental  emotion  causes  disease.  Anger  affects 
the  heart  and  liver.  Petulance  shortens  life.  Overwork  injures  the 
nerves  and  the  bones,  and  produces  an  impaired  circulation  of  the 
blood.  Excessive  study  seriously  injures  the  heart  and  spleen.  Grief 
also  weakens|  the  heart.  Fear  affects  the  gall  and  prevents  the  secre- 
tion of  sufficient  gall  liquid.  It  also  weakens  the  heart.  Fear  cannot 
be  driven  away.  Sudden  and  intense  fright  will  rupture  the  gall  sack 
and  confuse  the  seven  affections,  completely  unbalancing  the  mind 
and  causing  insanity, 

Among  the  third  causes  of  disease  are  eating  and  drinking  im- 
proper foods  and  liquids.  Roasted  or  fried  meats  cause  inflamma- 
tion and  a  desire  to  drink  often.  Eating  more  meats  than  vegetables 
causes  indigestion.  Drinking  cold  drinks  and  eating  raw  fruits 
cause  damp  air  in  the  system.  The  inflammation  and  damp  air  will 
lock  hands  and  cause  malaria  and  severe  illness.  This  form  of  malaria 
produced  internally,  is  unlike  that  produced  in  the  open  air  and 
inhaled.  But  it  invites  an  external  form,  and  the  two  together  cause 
severe  forms  of  disease. 

Diseases  may  commence  in  the  liver  and  involve  the  stomach;  or 
they  may  commence  in  the  stomach  and  involve  the  lungs,  or  they  may 
commence  in  the  kidneys  and  involve  the  liver.  They  may  commence 
in  any  of  the  internal  organs  and  involve  tne  skin,  the  external 
surface  of  the  body.  Disease  that  commences  in  the  skin,  flesh, 
nerves,  cords  or  muscles  will  sooner  or  later  involve  the  internal 
organs. 


128  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

The  symptoms  of  disease  may  be  the  same  in  two  or  more  people, 
yet  the  causes  be  entirely  different.  And  a  single  cause  may  manifest 
itself  in  a  number  of  ways;  thus,  either  headache,  backache,  stomach- 
ache, boneache,  toothache  or  distress  of  the  lungs  may  be  due  to  the 
same  cause. 

Although  all  men  look  very  much  alike  and  have  the  same  mem- 
bers and  organs,  yet  no  two  are  exactly  alike  or  possess  the  same 
degree  of  external  power,  which  is  strength,  or  of  internal  power, 
which  is  vitality. 

The  five  vital  organs  are  the  heart,  liver,  spleen,  lungs  and  kid- 
neys. The  heart-case,  gall,  stomach,  large  intestines,  small  intestines 
and  bladder  are  agents  for  the  vital  organs.  The  seven  affections — 
joy,  anger,  grief,  pleasure,  laughter,  hatred  and  desire — control  the 
vital  organs,  but  have  no  influence  over  the  six  agents  of  the  five 
vital  organs.  When  either  of  the  five  vital  organs  is  the  seat  of 
disease  the  difficulty  is  more  serious  than  it  would  be  if  seated  in 
either  of  the  six  sub-organs. 

All  internal  organs  have  muscles  and  pulse  connecting  with  the 
extremities  of  the  body. 


FOUR    METHODS   OF    HEALING. 


There  are  four  principal  methods  of  healing:  First,  by  warm- 
ingj  the  blood;  second,  by  cleansing  the  system;  third,  by  strengthen- 
ing, and  fourth,  by  purging. 

The  Chinese  system  of  medicine  is  taught  in  branches,  such  as 
diseases  of  children,  diseases  of  women,  diseases  of  men,  and  dis- 
eases of  the  bones,  including  injuries  to  them.  Each  of  these 
branches  requires  from  three  to  four  years  to  learn.  To  acquire  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  medicine  and  to  be  able  to  pass  an  examin- 
ation at  the  Imperial  College  of  Medicine  at  Peking  requires  fourteen 
years  of  the  most  arduous  labor  that  ever  students  of  any  profes- 
sion in  any  country  are  subjected  to.  Even  then  the  recipient  of 
a  diploma  from  the  college  often  fails  to  receive  the  signature  of  the 
Emperor  to  his  diploma  because  he  fails  to  pass  a  second  and  very 
severe  examination  before  His  Majesty. 


MEDICAL  HISTORY  IN  CHINA. 


A  BRIEF  HISTORY  OF  ITS  ORIGIN  AND  PROGRESS-A  CALLING 
HELD  IN  ESPECIAL  HONOR  AMONG  THE  CHINESE. 


EARLY  PHYSICIANS  WHO  BECAME  EMPERORS-THE  FOUNDERS  OF  THE 
GREAT  IMPERIAL  COLLEGE  AT  PEKIN. 


Mrs.  Alice  Rollins  Crane,  a  well-known  writer  and  journalist, 
formerly  of  Los  Angeles,  now  a  resident  of  Dawson  City,  in  the 
Klondike,  once  had  an  interesting  interview  with  T.  Foo  Yuen,  in 
reference  to  the  Imperial  Medical  College  at  Peking.  Mrs.  Crane 
stated  that  she  had  recently  heard  a  Chinamen  say  that  there  is  no 
Imperial  Medical  College  in  China.  This  remark  brought  out  the 
following  discussion  of  the  subject.  T.  Foo  Yuen  laughed  at  the 
statement  and  said: 

"Did  that  man.  say  that?  He  doesn't  know  the  history  of  the  Chi- 
nese medical  books.  The  people  of  some  other  country  might,  per- 
haps say  that  there  is  no  Imperial  Medical  College  in  China,  because 
they  do  not  know  the  conditions  and  customs  in  regard  to-the  medical 
colleges  of  the  Chinese!  But  there  is  no  excuse  for  a  Chinaman 
saying'  this.  Again,  some  one  might  have  said  this  twenty  years 
ago, -but  there  is  no  reason  for  saying  it  now  when  people  ought  to 
know  better. 

"The  truth  is  that  the  Imperial  Medical  College  was  founded 
four  thousand  years  ago.  This  college  is  in  Peking,  and  is  within 
the  walls  of  the  great  inclosure  known  as  'The  Emperor's  World.' 


130  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

This  college  is  near  the  front  door  of  the  Emperor's  palace.  This 
front  door  is  called  in  the  Chinese  language  Di  Ching  Mung.  The 
college  is  on  Tong  Bew  Boy  street.  On  the  right  of  the  Imperial 
Medical  College  is  the  office  of  an  official  whom  we  may  call  an 
'almanac  officer.'  He  has  charge  of  all  the  computations  and  predic- 
tions in  regard  to  the  weather,  the  movements  of  the  heavenly  bodies, 
etc.,  etc.,  and  corresponds  to  the  American  weather  bureau.  The 
college  is  on  the  right  of  this  building  and  is  next  to  the  corner  of 
the  wall  surrounding  the  inclosure.  Soldiers  always  stand  before 
the  front  door  of  the  college  to  keep  the  conynon  people  from  going 
tn.  Only  high  officials,  such  as  judges,  are  permitted  to  enter,  because 
the  common  people  do  not  understand  the  regulations  which  govern 
the  college. 

"While  I  was  a  student  at  the  Imperial  Medical  College  and  before 
I  graduated,  many  judges  and  high  officials  came  to  take  my  treat- 
ment. Among  those  who  took  my  treatment  and  with  whom  I  became 
well  acquainted  was  Judge  Li  Yung  Yew,  who  came  to  San  Fran- 
cisco to  be  consul-general  there,  and  gave  me  a  certificate  of  my  stand- 
ing at  the  Imperial  Medical  College.  This  judge  says  that  the  Chi- 
nese call  this  college  Ti  Yee  Yun,  but  that  the  English  name,  as 
nearly  as  can  be  translated,  is  Imperial  Medical  College,  although 
the  customs  and  ways  of  teaching  in  this  college  are  a  little  different 
from  the  English  method. 

"And  now  to  speak  of  the  commencement  of  the  medical  college, 
four  thousand  years  ago.  The  first  doctor  was  a  holy  man  named 
Son  Non.  He  commenced  the  use  of  herbal  remedies,  and  there 
was  much  benefit  to  the  world  from  these,  that  all  the  people  voted  to 
make  him  Emperor.  The  second  doctor  was  named  Wong  Ti.  He 
commenced  to  explain  anatomy  and  the  use  of  medicines,  and  he 
wrote  two  different  kinds  of  books.  The  title  of  the  first  book  was 
Ling  Su  Kin,  and  the  title  of  the  other  was  Su  Man  Kin.  These  books 
continued  the  work  which  Sun  Tong  had  commenced,  and  brought  so 
much  benefit  into  the  world,  that  everybody  voted  for  Wong  Day 
to  be  Emperor  in  his  turn.  And  while  he  was  Emperor  he  built  up 
the  Imperial  Medical  College.  And  the  name  of  the  first  president 
was  Kee  Ba,  who  had  a  large  faculty  with  him  as  associate  physi- 
cians and  teachers.  One  of  these  was  Su  Su,  another  Su  Yu,  and 
another  was  Louen  Kong,  and  another  was  Chung  Man.  These  four 
put  more  power  into  the  two  books  which  Wong  Day  had  written 
and  completed  them.  So  it  was  required  all  through  China  that  every 


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PORTION   OF   IMPERIAL   MEDICAL  COLLEGE 
AT  PEKIN,   CHINA. 


132  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

doctor  must  be  learned  in  these  books  and  the  teachings  of  them 
is  very  skillful  indeed.  But  the  grammar  and  construction  of  the 
language  is  very  deep  and  difficult.  This  is  true  of  any  Chinese 
book,  but  the  grammar  of  these  medical  books  is  harder  than  that  of 
any  other  book  in  China. 

ANCIENT    LAWS    REGULATING    THE    PROFESSION. 

"So  for  many  years  the  doctors  were  compelled  to  pass  examin- 
ations in  these  books  and  all  the  very  well  educated  doctors  were 
sought  out  and  divided  into  two  classes,  and  they  were  called  doc- 
tors of  the  first  or  second  class.  They  were  all  called  official,  or  judge, 
doctors.  All  of  the  doctors  in  the  first  class  were  kept  in  the  Imperial 
Medical  College  for  three  years  to  learn  more.  They,  therefore,  stood 
much  higher  than  the  others,  and  were  called  physicians  to  the 
Emperor.  The  second-class  doctors  were  permitted  to  go  home,  and 
were  called  doctorsi  to  take  care  of  the  people.  And  for  all  this  time 
there  was  a  law  to  regulate  the  practice  of  medicine,  just  as  there  is 
among  English-speaking  people.  If  a  man  could  not  pass  the  examina- 
tion, he  could  not  call  himself  a  doctor.  But  after  the  time  of  the 
tenth  Emperor  they  found  this  law  too  severe,  and  they  permitted 
students  to  graduate  by  quick  and  easy  examinations,  because  the 
Chinese  people  had  grown  so  fast  thatj  they  could  not  furnish  enough 
doctors  to  take  care  of  the  common  people.  So  they  suspended  the 
operation  of  the  law  and  permitted  anybody  to  be  called'  doctor.  But 
only  the  graduates  from  the  Imperial  Medical  College  were  permit- 
ted to  be  physicians  to  the  Emperor,  and  these  must  have  passed 
the  examination  the  same  as  before.  From  that  time  until  now,  there 
has  been  no  closing  of  the  doors  ofj  the  Imperial  Medical  College.  It 
has  always  been  in  operation.  Whenever  there  has  been  a  change  of 
Emperors  there  has  been  some  change  in  other  laws  and  customs,  but 
they  never  changed  the  management  of  the  Imperial  Medical  College, 
which  is  still  conducted  in  the  same  way  as  the  first. 

THE   MORE   MODERN  WAY. 

"But  since  the  law  regulating  the  profession  of  medicine  was 
changed  almost  all  the  students  have  chosen  to  learn  from  easy  books, 
and  all  have  wanted  to  learn  quickly  and  the  things  that  were  hand- 


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lest.  So  that  there  have  not  been  many  people  to  learn  from  the 
books  written  four  thousand  years  ago,  which  are  so  hard.  This 
matter  is  getting  worse  all  the  time,  and  the  doctors  are  becoming  of 
a  cheaper  class.  The  English  people,  who  have  been  building  up 
Hongkong,  employ  doctors  on  the  steamship  lines  and  in  the  hos- 
pitals. Formerly  they  tried  to  have  one  English  and  one  Chinese 
doctor  in  each  place,  and  for  this  purpose  they  gave  examinations  for 
the  Chinese  doctors  for  a  long  time,  but  they  could  not  find  any 
Chinese  doctors  who  could  explain  anatomy  and  the  causes  of  dis- 
eases. This  was  because  the  educated  Chinese  doctors  would  not  go 
to  take  these  examinations  held  by  the  English,  for  the  reason  that 
the  systems  and  knowledge  were  different,  and  also  the  medicines 
employed.  From  that  time,  the  English  people  in  China  have  detested 
the  Chinese  doctors  because  they  have  seen  and  known  only  the 
poorest  and  cheapest  of  them,  and  those  that  have  no  education;  and 
after  a  time,  on  the  steamers  and  in  the  hospitals  conducted  by  the 
English,  only  English  doctors  were  employed,  and  they  stopped  em- 
ploying Chinese  doctors. 


LACK    OF    GOOD    PHYSICIANS    IN    CHINA. 

"For  these  reasons,  anywhere  through  China,  in  the  course  of  a 
few  hundred  miles,  perhaps  one,  two  or  three  very  good  native  doctors 
will  be  found,  and  these  perform  so  many  wonderful  cures,  that  the 
English  people  are  surprised.  They  look  on  in  surprise,  and  say: 
'Men  cannot  show  such  skill  as  this.  I  think  this  doctor  is  helped  by 
the  angels.'  The  Englishman  does  not  know  that  all  the  skill,  which 
seems  to  him  so  wonderful,  is  from  those  first  books  published  four 
thousand  years  ago. 

"The  colleges  which  teach  the  skill  and  knowledge  of  western 
nations, '  as  distinguished  from  those  of  the  Orient,  were  commenced 
in  China  about  twenty  years  ago,  and  they  teach  all  professions. 
Some  of  the  teachers  come  from  Germany,  and  some  come  from 
England.  Their  ways  of  teaching  and  their 'rules  of  management  are 
just  the  same  as  those  of  colleges  in  America,  and  I  need  not 
describe  them  in  detail.  During  the  past  three  years,  'many  states 
have  established  these  colleges,  and  have  brought  citizens  of  west- 
ern countries  to  be  members  of  the  different  faculties.  They  teach 
all  professions,  and  more  colleges  are  constantly  being  established. 


134  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

"Throughout  China,  however,  the  study  of  the  English  systems  of 
medicine  is  growing  less  and  less.  The  Chinese  regard  English 
physicians  only  as  surgeons,  in  the  doing  of  such  operations,  as 
removing  tumors  and  similar  external  difficulties.  In  other  matters 
they  do  not  have  much  confidence  in  these  doctors.  Consequently 
the  doctors  do  not  have  many  patients  among  the  native  people. 
They  prefer  the  medical  system  taught  in  the  ancient  books  printed 
four  thousand  years  ago." 


THE  HERBAL  REMEDIES. 


A  CLASSIFICATION  OF  HERBAL  MEDICINES, 


WHENCE  THEIR  POWER  IS  DERIVED  AND  THEIR  ACTION  ON  THE 
HUMAN  BODY. 

Everything  in  the  world  is  included  in  five  elements,  namely: 
Water,  mineral,  vegetation,  fire  and  earth.  In  the  vital  organs  there 
are  also  five  different  elements,  and  everything  in  vegetation  corre- 
sponds to  five  kinds  of  elements.  The  power  which  comes  from  the 
use  of  these  elements  in  vegetation  is  the  same  as  the  power  in  the 
different  vital  organs.  This  is  a  theory  of  very  great  importance,  and 
one  which;  I  am  anxious  for  the  American  people  to  understand. 

I  shall  explain  the  simpler  lessons  from  these  facts  first.  In 
things  belonging  to  the  water  element  the  color  is  black,  the  taste  is 
salt,  and  the  power  is  of  benefit  to  the  lower  organs  of  the  human 
body.  The  herbal  medicines  that  are  of  a  black  color  and  salt  taste 
belong  to  the  water  element,  and  therefore  have  an  influence  upon 
the  kidneys  and  the  bladder,  for  these  organs  also  belong  to  the 
water  element.  In  the  vegetation  element  the  color  is  blue  or  green 
and  the  taste  is  sour.  So  herbs  of  a  blue  or  green  color  and  sour 
taste  are  allied  to  the  vegetation  element.  These  have  a  power 
to  contract  the  air  in  the  blood,  and  their  action  assists  the  liver  and 
gall,  because  these  organs  belong  to  the  vegetable  element.  The  color 
of  things  belonging  to  the  fire  element  is  red,  the  taste  is  bitter,  and 
the  power  from  these  rushes  through  the  system.  Therefore  herb  rem- 
edies of  a  red  color  and  bitter  taste  are  classed  with  the  fire  element 
and  influence  the  heart,  the  heart-case  and  the  small  intestines,  which 
belong  to  the  fire  element.  The  power  from  these  herbs  rushes 


136  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

through  the  upper  part  of  the  body.  The  color  of  the  earth  ele- 
ment is  yellow,  its  taste  is  sw'eet,  and  the  power  from  it  is  very 
slow.  Therefore  herbal  remedies  of  a  yellow  color  and  sweet  taste 
belong  to  the  earth  element.  These  can  cause  the  circulation  to  go 
slow  and  make  the  effect  of  the  medicines  remain  in  the  middle  of 
the  vital  organs.  Their  effect  is  upon  the  spleen  and  the  stomach, 
because  the  spleen  and  the  stomach  are  of  the  earth  element.  In 
the  mineral  element,  the  color  is  white,  the  taste  is  hot  and  the 
power  expands.  So  herbal  medicines  of  a  white  color  and  a  hot 
taste  belong  to  the  mineral  element.  These  cause  the  natural  heat 
of  the  body  to  go  down  through  the  extremities  and  through  the 
outside  of  the  skin.  These  influence  the  action  of  the  lungs  and  the 
larger  intestines,  because  these  organs  belong  to  the  mineral  element. 

Mineral  produces  water;  water  produces  vegetation;  vegetation 
produces  fire;  fire  produces  earth;  earth  produces  mineral;  these 
make  up  the  five  elements.  The  earth  medicine  produces  the  air  in 
the  blood.  The  mineral  element  is  stronger  than  the  vegetation  and 
can  control  it;  vegetation  controls  the  earth  and  the  earth  con- 
trols the  water;  water  controls  the  fire,  and  the  fire  controls  the 
mineral;  water  can|  stop  the  fire  and  dissolve  the  mineral.  The  earth 
remedies  conquer  poisons. 

This  is  the  simplest  explanation  of  the  relation  between  the 
herbal  remedies  and  their  effects  upon  the  differnt  vital  organs.  But 
there  are  other  and  more  abstruse  variations  of  this  subject,  some 
of  which  I  shall  explain.  When,  for  instance,  in  any  herb  the  color 
belongs  to  one  element,  and  the  taste  to  another,  then  there  is  a 
different  power  and  a  different  effect  from  those  which  exist  when 
both  color  and  tast  are  to  the  same  elment.  Thus,  the  color  may  be 
white,  belonging  to  the  mineral  element,  and  the  tatete  sweet, 
belonging  to  the  earth.  Or  the  taste  may  be  hot,  belonging  to  the 
mineral,  and  the  color  green,  belonging  to  vegetation.  In  this  way 
one  herb  has  two  or  more  different  elements  in  its  composition. 
It  therefore  has  more  than  one  effect  and  more  than  one  power. 

li  also  happens  that  some  medicines  of  black  color  and  salt  taste 
do  not  belong  to  the  water  element;  some  of  green  color  and  sour 
taste  do  not  belong  to  the  vegetable  element;  some  of  red  color  and 
bitter  taste  do  not  belong  to  the  fire  element;  some  of  yellow  color  and 
sweet  taste  do  not  belong  to  the  earth  element,  and  some  of  white  color 
and  hot  taste  do  not  belong  to  the  mineral  element.  This  is  because 
there  are  six  varieties  of  air  or  currents  of  power  in  these  which 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  137 

control,  and  then  the  taste  and  color  lose  their  natural  power.  When 
the  color  and  the  taste  are  equal,  the  taste  is  a  better  guide  than 
the  color,  but  if  the  air  and  the  taste  are  equal,  the  air  is  a  better 
guide  than  the  taste. 


THE  PREPARATION  OF  REMEDIES. 


Sometimes,  also,  in  these  medicines  the  color  is  very  plain,  and 
the  taste  is  very  slight;  in  some  the  color  is  very  indefinite,  but  the 
taste  is  very  strong  and  the  air  is  very  light;  in  some  the  air  is 
very  heavy,  but  the  taste  is  very  slight;  in  some  the  air  and  taste  are 
both  strong;  in  some  they  are  both  light.  There  are  many  differ- 
ences of  this  kind,  but  when  the  color  and  taste  are  equal,  the  taste 
controls  the  color;  if  the  air  and  taste  are  equal^  the  air  controls  the 
taste;  the  power  or  effect  comes  from  the  air,  and  the  taste  loses 
is  natural  power.  Every  kind  of  herb  has  its  own  power  and  differs 
from  the  others,  just  as  every  man  differs  from  all  others  in  his  per- 
sonal appearance  and  looks.  The  doctors  must  understand  this  phil- 
osophy very  clearly.  Then  when  they  understand  about  every  herb 
medicine,  and  understand  what  kind  of  power  each  herb  has,  they 
must  also  understand  how  to  join  the  medicines  into  the  different 
combinations  which  are  called  remedies.  If  a  few  kinds  of  herbs 
are  joined  without  much  power,  they  cannot  produce  a  beneficial 
result.  They  cannot  conquer  sickness,  and  cannot  be  called 'remedies. 
They  do  not  benefit  the  patient,  because  they  do  not  overcome  dis- 
ease. By  mixing  these  medicines  and  making  many  changes,  many 
different  effects  are  produced.  With  some  kinds  of  remedies  the 
power  goes  through  the  upper  part  of  the  body;  in  some  it  goes 
through  the  lower;  in  some  through  the  left  side;  in  some  through 
the  right  side,  and  in  some  through  the  outside  of  the  body,  or 
the  skin;  and  sometimes  the  effect  is  retained  in  the  vital  organs, 
in  the  inner  portions  of  the  body,  or  it  may  go  through  the  liver  or 
through  the  kidneys. 

Each  of  the  vital  organs,  therefore,  when  it  is  out  of  sorts 
or  sick,  has  its  own  remedy.  When  there  is  sickness  in  two  or  more 
of  the  vital  organs,  then  there  is  need  of  more  than  one  remedy. 


138  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

ACTION  OF  THE  REMEDIES. 

Some  remedies  can  assist  only  one  organ;  others  can  assist  more 
than  one.  Some  kinds  of  remedies  are  good  for  both  internal  and 
external  use.  Some  other  kinds  of  power  go  through  the  whole 
body,  from  the  top  of  the  head  to  the  bottom  of  the  foot.  Some 
remedies  can  relieve  excessive  heat  or  fever  and  can  help  the  sys- 
tem that  is  very  weak.  They  can  prevent  sickness  if  taken  in  time 
or  can  cure  sickness,  even  when  the  patient  is  so  ill  as  to  be 
nearly  dead.  Moreover  if  a  remedy  or  prescription  is  very  skillfully 
prepared,  sometimes  with  ten  or  twenty  different  medicines,  it  may 
bring  more  force  to  all  of  the  vital  organs  and  to  the  whole  body.  On 
the  other  hand,  certain  combinations,  or  remedies,  are  so  arranged 
that  each  herb  loses  its  natural  power  or  effect,  and  the  whole  com- 
bination, taken  together,  has  only  one  effect,  or  only  two  or  three 
different  effects.  If  the  physician  does  not  understand  exactly  the 
variations  produced  by  the  six  kinds  of  air  or  currents  of  power,  he 
cannot  use  his  skill  to  produce  these  results.  The  six  kinds  of  air 
in  the  medicines  respond  to  six  kinds  through  the  system  of  the 
patient;  but  there  are  still  another  six  kinds  of  air  in  the  atmos- 
phere, which  are  different  from  these.  The  explanation  of  this  is  very 
difficult  and  abstruse.  It  would  require  a  book  of  about  80,000  words 
and  is  altogether  too  long  to  -be  discussed  here.  "We  shall 
hereafter  write  such  a  book  and  shall  tell  about  the  power  of 
the  medicines,  how  that  power  is  obtained  and  what  its  effects  are 
on  the  human  system.  Prom  the  more  than  two  thousand  kinds  of 
medicines  we  shall  search  out  and  condense  the  more  than  four 
hundred  kinds  that  are  essential  and  best  for  the  white  man  to  use. 


VIVISECTION  AMONG  THE  CHINESE. 


HOW  THE  EARLY  PHYSICIANS  OF  CHINA  WHO  WERE  ALSO  EM- 
PERORS EMPLOYED  CRIMINALS  FOR  THE  BENEFIT 
OF  SCIENCE. 


THE  TRUE  HISTORY  OF  AN  IMPORTANT  AND  MUCH  DISCUSSED  SUBJECT. 

A  SHORT  ROUTE  TO  EXACT  KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  HUMAN 

BODY  AND  ITS  FUNCTIONS-RESULTS  WHICH 

HAVE  JUSTIFIED  THE  COST. 

Judge  Philip  Thier,  of  Berkeley,  is  a  warm  friend  of  the  Chi- 
nese system  of  medicine,  having  been  cured  of  kidney  troubles  by 
this  system,  and  his  wife  having  been  cured  of  dropsy.  In  an  inter- 
view a  few  weeks  ago,  he  remarked:  "When  I  was  in  China,  I 
heard  something  said  about  the  use  of  vivisection  many  years  ago 
in  establishing  the  principles  of  the  Chinese  system  of 
medicine  and  anatomy.  It  was  said  that  the  early  doctors  em- 
ployed criminals  condemned  to  death  for  this  purpose.  Can  you  tell 
me  something  about  the  details  of  this  practice,  whatever  it  may 
have  been?" 

The  reply  to  this  inquiry  was  as  follows:  "Yes,  there  was  some- 
thing of  that  kind  in  China,  many  years  ago,  when  the  first  'holy 
men'  received  a  great  power  in  healing  from  the  God.  But  it  seems 
that  all  of  this  cannot  be  understood  by  the  common  thought  and  I  am 
afraid  that  the  subject  is  too  new  for  Americans  to  understand,  and  it 
is  contrary  to  their  ideas  of  what  is  right  and  proper."  But  Judge 
Thier  answered:  "No,  vivisection  has  been  advocated  by  great  phy- 
sicians in  Europe,  who  have  desired  to  practice  it  there,  but  have 


140  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

been  forbidden  by  their  governments.  But  it  is  certainly  better  to 
study  anatomy  on,  the  live  body  than  on  the  dead  body,  at  least  you 
will  get  better  results  in  this  way.  Everybody  admits  that,  and  I 
think  it  would  be  proper  for  you  to  tell  something  about  the  practice 
of  vivisection  among  the  Chinese."  So  we  have  given  the  following 
account  of  this  very  ancient  custom: 

Criminals  condemned  to  capital  punishment  furnished  the  sub- 
jects for  vivisection,  which  practice  gave  the  Chinese  their  first 
knowledge  of  anatomy  and  of  the  action  of  remedies.  The  history  of 
this  practice  may  be  considered  in  two  ways;  first,  as  related  to  the 
use  of  the  herbal  remedies,  and  second,  as  related  to  the  study 
of  anatomy.  When  Chinese  medicine  was  reduced,  to  a  system,  many 
hundred  years  ago,  capital  punishment  was.  much  more  frequent 
than  it  is  today,  just  as  it  was  more  frequent  in  England,  and  even 
in  America,  some  hundreds  of  years  ago,  than  it  is  now,  and  there 
were  therefore  many  more  criminals  condemned  to  death  who  could 
be  used  for  this  purpose.  The  first  "holy  men"  in  China,  who  were 
wonderful  physicians  used  capital  punishment  to  try  their  herbal 
remedies;  and  the  second  "holy  men,"  who  were  wonderful  physi- 
cians, used  it  for  the  study  of  anatomy.  I  shall  tell  you  first  about 
trying  the  herbal  remedies  by  means  of  men  who  were  condemned 
to  death. 

This  was  four  thousand  years  ago,  and  was  the  commence- 
ment of  medical  knowledge  among  the  Chinese.  The  name  of  the 
first  "holy  man"  who  was  a  wonderful  physician  was  Son  Non.  He 
commenced  his  work  by  finding  out  the  cereals  that  were  useful  for 
the  people  as  food.  Afterwards  he  studied  all  forms  of  vegetation, 
and  then  thought  that  he  ought  to  commence  to  treat  diseases.  He 
had  learned  more  plainly  than  anybody  else  that  everything  in  the 
world  is  included  in  five  kinds  of  elements.  He  divided  these  five 
natural  elements  into  water,  vegetation,  fire,  earth  and  mineral.  All 
herbal  medicines  are  chosen  and  classified  according  to  their  relations 
to  these  five  natural  elements. 

Some  kinds  of  vegetation,  however,  are  very  posionous.  Some 
kinds  are  not  at  all  poisonous.  And  some  kinds  are  a  little  poison- 
ous, but  their  poison  may  be  taken  away  by  using  certain  liquids. 
But  everything  in  vegetation  had  to  be  chewed  or  drank  before  its 
nature  was  known.  So,  every  day,  Son  Non  tested  the  herbal  medi- 
cines in  order  to  teach  students  who  were  learning  from  him.  Some 
days  he  tried  poisonous  herbs,  and  three  times  he  appeared  to  be 


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dead  from  the  use  of  these,  but  the  students  used  a  certain  liquid 
preparation  that  he  had  ready,  and  saved  his  life  three  times.  His 
genuine  book  is  "Poon  Chow  Kien,"  and  there  is  proof  in  his  first 
book  of  these  facts.  He  says:  "Three  times  he  tried  the  poison 
herbs  and  made  himself  as  if  dead  and  was  saved  by  the  liquid." 
Every  student  tried  to  take  care  of  his  teacher  and  asked  him  to 
permit  him  to  try  the  poisonous  herbs  in  his  stead. 


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Then  Son  Non  said:  "No.  Because  God  has  given  me  extraor- 
dinary power,  and  wisdom  to  study  the  herbal  medicines  and  to  treat 
sickness,  and  that  is  my  mission  in  life.  It  is  not  good  for  me 
to  let  some  other  people  do  this/'  Then  the  student  would  say: 
"It  is  true  that  God  has  given  you  extraordinary  powers.  Then  it 
must  be  necessary  for  you  to  learn  thoroughly.  And  if  you  try  the 
poisonous  herbs  and  they  kill  you,  then  we  cannot  find  one  more  man 
in  the  world  with  the  same  purpose  that  you  have.  Then  this  sys- 
tem of  medicine  will  be  only  one-half  done,  and  this  kind  of  skill 
will  be  broken  down.  Then  the  world  will  lose  a  great  benefit.  But 
if  you  permit  us  to  learn  what  kinds  of  herbs  are  poisonous  and  to 
get  acquainted  with  them,  and  then  use  some  other  medicines  to  take 
away  the  poisons,  then  you  may  try  them,  and  at  the  same  time 
you  may  take  care  of  your  life.  In  this  way  you  can  keep  your  health, 
and  at  the  same  time  find  out  about  the  poisonous  herbs.  Then  this 
kind  of  skill  will  be  understood  and  that  part  of  the  book  will  be 
done.  This  is  the  best  way.  But  if  we  try  the  poison,  and  it  makes 
us  die,  then  you  can  make  an  examination,  and  you  will  know  how 
our  lives  were  lost.  And  even  if,  unfortunately,  one  of  us  should  die, 
still  your  studies  will  not  be  broken  down  when  half  completed." 

Son  Non,  however,  would  not  permit  the  student  to  try  the  poisons 
and  next  day  he  himself  tried  them  again.  He  tried  some  kind  of 
a  poison  which)  made  his  tongue  and  throat  swell,  and  he  was  nearly 
dead.  But  he  used  a  liquid,  which  made  him  better.  Still,  he  was 


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The  above  is  a  fac-simile  of  the  fire  page  of  the  oldest  book 
extant  treating  of  Chinese  medicine,  written  4000  years  ago.  This 
volume  is  still  a  leading  text  book  in  the  high-grade  medical  schools 
of  China. 


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very  weak,  and  for  a  few  days  was  unable  to  do  any  work.  Then  all 
the  students  went  to  tell  the  Emperor.  And  the  Emperor  called 
togther  his  ministers,  and  tried  to  find  out  a  good  way  to  try  these 
herbs.  Some  of  the  ministers  said  that  it  would  be  a  good  plan  to  use 
the  criminals  condemned  to  capital  punishment,  and  to  try  the  poison- 
ous medicines  with  them;  and  they  sent  for  Son  Non  and  laid  the  plan 
before  him. 

Then  Son  Non  said:  "I  do  not  want  to  compel  the  criminals 
to  do  that  for  me.  Tomorrow  have  all  of  the  condemned  meet  to- 
gether, and  if  they  are  very  willing  to  help  me,  let  them  raise  their 
hands.  If  more  than  half  raise  their  hands,  then  I  shall  be  very  glad 
to  follow  that  plan."  So  the  next  day  this  was  done,  and  all  of  the 
condemned  raised  up  their  hands,  and  all  said:  "We  are  very  glad 
to  do  that,  and  to  give  up  our  lives  to  help  you."  Then,  after  that, 
everything  went  well;  and  Son  Non  finished  his  book.  And  a  law 
was  passed  to  the  effect  that  no  poisons  should  be  used  internally  for 
medicine.  But  doctors  were  permitted  to  use  poisons  externally  for 
diseases  like  cancer,  ringworm,  tumors,  piles,  etc.  In  ringworm,  for 
instance,  the  disease  comes  from  a  little  microbe,  and  it  was  law- 
ful to  use  poisons  to  destroy  them.  After  the  microbe  has  been 
killed  by  using  strong  external  remedies,  then  strong  medicine  must 
be  used  to  draw  out  the  poison  which  is  the  effect  of  these  remedies. 
After  the  poisoned  water  has  run  out,  gentle  remedies  are  used  to 
heal  the  flesh  and  make  the  cure  complete. 

From  that  time  there  has  been  great  benefit  to  the  world  from 
Son  Non's  book  and  many  diseases  have  been  cured,  so  that  this 
benefit  has  gone  all  through  the  world.  And  Son  Non's  merit  was 
so  great  that  the  whole  nation  honored  him,  and,  after  the  Emperor 
died,  the  people  chose  Son  Non  to  be  Emperor.  During  his  reign  he 
formed  the  character  "Yeok,"  which  means  medicine.  This  character 
Is  composed  of  three  different  words.  The  word  at  the  top  means 
grass;  that  in  the  middle  means  happy  or  fortunate,  and  that  at  the 
foot  means  tree.  The  adding  of  new  words  to  the  Chinese  language, 
at  that  time,  was  a  prerogative  of  the  Emperor. 

At  this  time  only  herbal  remedies  were  permitted  to  be  used, 
according  to  the  law  on  this  subject,  and  nothing  whatever  from  the 
animal  or  mineral  kingdoms.  But,  afterwards  there  were  many  differ- 
ent schools  of  physicians.  Some  of  these  wanted  to  use  sharp- 
pointed  tubes,  by  which  they  perforated  the  skin  and  made  the 
blood  run,  an  operation  similar  to  the  cupping  of  American  phy- 


144  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

sicians,  and  there  were  many  other  different  forms  of  treatment. 
Some  doctors  wanted  to  use  the  knife,  and  some  wanted  to  sear  the 
flesh  by  hot  irons  and  by  other  uses  of  fire,  burning  the  pores  of  the 
skin  in  different  ways.  Some  wanted  to  use  a  remedy  called  "Li." 
in  connection  with  thin  slices  of  ginger  root.  The  "Li"  looks  like 
cotton.  The  thin  strips  of  ginger  would  be  laid  upon  the  skin  and  the 
"Li"  burned  over  this,  the  intention  being  to  have  the  fire  go  through 
the  pores.  The  ginger,  being  wet,  would  prevent  it  from  burning 
too  deeply,  and  would  cause  it  to  burn  slowly.  This  was  to  be  kept 
up  as  long  as  the  patient  could  stand  it,  and  then  taken  away.  It 
was  applied  at  first  only  warm,  then  hotter  and  finally  as  hot  as  it 
could  be  endured,  after  which  it  was  taken  away.  There  were  all 
these  and  other  different  kinds  of  skill  and  treatment.  But  the 
people  seemed  to  be  afraid  of  the  dangers  of  these  methods,  and  the 
doctors  who  tried  to  cure  in  this  way  did  not  have  very  much  business, 
and  there  were  only  a  few  students  who  learned  these,  ways. 

Besides  these  there  were  other  doctors  who  used  plasters  only, 
and  some  used  liniments;  but  these  doctors  did  not  understand  how 
to  remove  the  root  of  the  diseases,  which  is  internal.  So  the 
people  were  not  satisfied  with  them.  Other  doctors  used  materials 
from  animals,  and  mixed  them  with  the  herbal  remedies.  Some 
used  minerals  with  the  herbs,  but  the  educated  people  were  not 
satisfid  with  them  and  liked  the  pure  herbs  better.  After  a  few 
hundred  years  an  Emperor  passed  a  law  to  stop  the  use  of  any- 
thing of  this  sort  by  physicians,  and  to  prevent  such  physicians  from 
practicing;  and  requiring  all  doctors  to  use  the>  pure  herbs,  and  also 
to  pass  an  examination  at  the  Imperial  Medical  College.  After  pass- 
ing this  examination,  they  were  allowed  to  practice.  But  after  this 
law  had  been  in  force  several  centuries,  the  Chinese  nation  grew 
so  large  and  the  population  was  so  great?  that  there  were  not  enough 
doctors  capable  of  passing  this  examination,  which  was  very  hard, 
and  could  only  be  passed  after  a  long  course  of  study;  so  that  there 
were  not  enough  doctors  furnished  to  take  care  of  all  the  people. 
Then  the  law  was  broken  down,  and  any  one  was  permitted  to  be  a 
doctor  if  he  wanted  to  be,  and  every  man  or  woman  was  permitted 
to  use  his  or  her  own  free  will  in  selecting  a  doctor.  Still  the  phy- 
sician to  the  Emperor  must  pass  an  examination.  The  law  was 
not  changed  in  this  respect. 

After  listening  to  this  account,  Judge  Thier  said:  "I  am  very 
much  pleased,  indeed,  to  hear  this  account  of  vivisection  and  of  the 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  145 

origin  of  medicine  among  the  Chinese  and  its  history.  But  I  would 
still  like  to  know  something  about  the  history  of  anatomy."  In 
reply  to  this  we  have  prepared  the  following  account: 

The  second  "holy  man"  who  was  a  wonderful  physician  was 
named  Hin  Yuen,  and  the  people  called  him  Wong  Ti.  He  wrote  two 
different  series  of  books.  One  series  was  called  "Ling  Soo  Keng," 
and  the  other  series  was  called  "Soo  Mon  Keng."  The  first  pages 
of  the  "Soo  Mon  Keng"  contain  a  few  words  in  reference  to  Wong 
Ti,  to  show  that  he  was  surely  a  "holy  man,"  and  saying:  "He  is 
wise  and  his  wisdom  cannot  be  comprehended  by  common  thought." 

When  Wong  Ti|  was  born,  the  very  day  of  his  birth,  he  was  very 
smart  and  could  talk  with  his  mother  at  once  in  a  way  that  was 
very  wonderful.  The  people  heard  of  this,  and  were  very  much  sur- 
prised at  such  an  instance,  and  came  to  see  him.  They  thought  him 
very  remarkable,  and  everybody  said:  "That  boy  has  great  wisdom 
from  God.  God  has  permitted  very  great  wisdom  to  come  to  him.  By 
and  by  he  will  surely  be  something  wonderful  and  of  great  benefit 
to  the  world."  After  Wong  Ti  had  grown  to  be  a  great  man,  he  estab- 
lished the  principles  of  the  five  relations,  as  follows:  First,  as 
between  sovereigns  and  ministers;  second,  as  between  parents  and 
children;  third,  as  between  brothers  and  sisters;  fourth,  as  between 
husband  and  wife;  and  fifth,  as  between  friends.  The  principles  of 
these  he  laid  down,  and  they  became  very  celebrated  in  a  book  of 
philosophy.  He  also  liked  to  study  the  works  of  Son  Non  on  treat- 
ing the  diseases  of  the  people. 

After  Son  Non  died,  Wong  Ti  was  chosen  for  Emperor.  During 
his  reign  he  discovered  a  wonderful  man,  whose  name  was  Kay 
Bak,  who  had  helped  the  Emperor  in  preparing  his  works  an  anatomy. 
When  he  commenced  this  series  of  books  he  made  use  of  the  crim- 
inals who  were  condemned  to  capital  punishment.  He  first  gave 
the  criminal  who  was  to  be  used,  medicine  for  a  few  months.  Then 
lie  gave  him  a  liquid,  something  like  ether  or  chloroform,  which  acted 
as  an  anaesthetic.  He  then  performed  an  operation  by  which  he 
could  observe  all  the  functions  of  the  body  and  its  vital  organs.  He 
had  a  device  by  which  the  interior  of  the  human  body  could  be 
lighted  up  so  that  everything  could  be  seen.  He  discovered  the 
twelve  different  vital  organs  within  the  body  and  the  twelve  pulses 
which  go  through  the  body  to  the  outside.  It  is  very  hard  for  the 
unskilled  to  distinguish  these  twelve  different  pulses.  But  if  a  physi- 
cian is  well  educated  in  this  respect  and  has  had  a  good  teacher  to 


146  POO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

teach  him,  then,  from  the  pulses  of  the  outside  of  the  body,  he  can 
understand  the  condition  of  the  interior  organs  and  of  the  vital 
functions,  whether  they  are  sick  or  are  in  good  health. 

I  will  give  you  an  illustration  of  this.  If  there  are  many  pump- 
kins growing  in  a  piece  of  ground,  crowded  together  within  a  little 
space,  after  they  have  grown  up,  all  the  extremeties  and  leaves 
spread  very  widely  over  the  ground,  and  any  one  who  looks  will 
find  it  hard  to  tell  which  stem  belongs  to  any  given  root.  But  if 
there  are  stems  of  different  colors  from  two  different  roots,  then  you 
can  trace  one  color  from  the  stems  and  the  leaves  to  the  root  to 
which  they  belong.  In  this  way  you  can  find  all  of  the  stems 
that  belong  to  some  one  root. 

In  the  same  way  the  students  of  Chinese  medicine  are  taught  to 
understand  all  of  the  vital  organs  and  what  kind  of  power  comes  from 
each  of  them,  and  what  natural  taste  and  color  belongs  to  them,  and 
also  how  spme  kinds  of  medicine  bring  out  the  natural  color  from 
the  different  vital  organs.  The  students  must  understand  what  ele- 
ments belong  to  the  vital  organs,  and  then  find  out  the  five  different 
kinds  of  elements  in  the  herbs  which  benefit  the  five  classes  of  vital 
organs.  But  the  people  thought  this  a  very  curious  thing,  and  did 
not  understand  it  at  all.  So  I  will  give  you  an  easy  way  to  know 
about  it.  In  the  vegetation  element,  the  natural  color*  is  green.  Now 
the  gall  liquid  and  the  natural  juices  which  pass  from  the  liver 
are  green.  So  y*u  may  know  that  the  liver  and  the  gall  belong 
to  the  vegetation  element.  And  this  further  fact  is  an  additional 
proof  of  this.  In  some  people  the  gall  liquid  is  'yellow.  But  if  you 
have  the  proper  medicine  to  bring  out  the  natural  color,  then  you 
will  find  the  green  mingled  with  the  yellow.  Again,  the  naturel  color 
of  the  fire  element  is  red.  Now  the  heart  controls  the  actions  of  the 
blood  of  the  body,  through  the  heart-case  and  the  arteries.  The 
blood  is  red.  Therefore  the  heart  and  the  heart-case  belong  to  the 
fire  element.  The  natural  taste  of  the  water  element  is  salt.  The 
bladder  gets  its  power  from  the  kidneys  and  turns  all  of  the 
liquids  of  the  body  into  urine,  the  taste  of  which  is  salt.  From  this 
you  may  know  that  tne  kidneys  and  the  bladder  belong  to  the  water 
element.  The  natural  color  of  the  earth  element  is  yellow.  The 
stomach  gets  power  from  the  spleen,  which  produces  the  gastric  juice. 
The  color  in  this  case  is  yellow,  and  if  the  same  element  is  found  in 
the  passages  you  will  find  that  the  color  is  yellow;  and  so  you  can 
know  that  the  spleen  and  stomach  belong  to  the  earth  element.  The 


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color  of  the  natural  element  in  minerals  is  white,  and  the  color  of 
the  lungs  is  also  white.  From  this  we  know  that  the  lungs  belong 
to  the  mineral  element. 

An  experiment  to  show  this  may  be  made  by  cooking  the  lungs  of 
a  hog  in  boiling  water.  First  the  lungs  should  be  cleaned  and  all 
the  blood  taken  away,  so  as  to  show  it  in  its  natural  state.  Use 
boiling  water  to  cook  it,  for  an  hour,  and  you  will  then  find  that  it  is 
white.  If  you  cook  the  stomach  in  the  same  way  you  will  find  that  is 
white,  too,  but  a  little  bit  yellow,  because  the  stomach  partakes  of 
two  different  elements.  If  you  cook  other  organs  you  will  find  the  color 
different,  because  the  elements  are  different.  What  I  am  defining 
now  applies  to  the  anatomy  of  well  people.  In  another  way  the 
anatomy  of  sick  people  will  show  what  conditions  sickness  within  the 
body  brings.  Different  illnesses  make  different  conditions. 

The  early  investigators  killed  different  men,  and  found  out  about 
all  these  things.  They  took  criminals  who  were  sick  and  cured  them. 
Then  they  killed  them  and  cut  them  open  to  show  what  benefits 
had  been  received  from  the  different  kinds  of  treatment  and  how 
the  conditions  had  been  changed.  To  make  another  test  they  took 
well  people  and  experimented  to  find  what  herbs  would  injure  them. 
After  they  had  given  medicines,  the  effects  of  which  they  could  not 
cure,  they  studied  the  results  and  what  injuries  had  been  received 
from  these  medicines.  Then,  after  awhile,  they  came  to  the  point 
where  they  made  no  more  mistakes,  and  where  they  had  learned 
about  the  action  of  all  the  remedies.  Then  they  showed  all  of  these 
to  the  people.  Then  they  took  well  people  and  tried  some  poisonous 
medicines,  afterwards  using  medicines  to  cure  the  effects  of  these  and 
proving  to  the  people  the  benefit  that  had  been  received.  And  they 
explained  very  clearly  all  that  they  had  learned  in  reference  to 
anatomy.  The  work  known  as  "Ling  Soo  Keng"  is  composed  of  nine 
volumes,  and  the  work  "Soo  Mon  Keng"  is  composed  of  nine  volumes 
also.  Each  book  filled  a  complete  house,  because,  at  that  time,  they  had 
no  paper,  but  the  books  were  written  on  bamboo  slips  with  bamboo 
brushes  and  using  the  sap  of  some  kinds  of  plants  for  ink.  And, 
because  the  reasoning  was  very  deep,  and  hard  to  be  condensed  into 
short  words,  they  could  not  put  all  into  the  books,  but  taught  the 
students  by  word  of  mouth.  Since  that  time  there  have  been  plenty 
of  teachers,  and  students,  the  students  becoming  teachers  in  their 
turn. 

When  the  work  was  completed  there  were  still  plenty  of  criminals 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  149 

condemned  to  capital  punishment  waiting  to  be  used  in  the  interests 
of  the  study  of  anatomy.  But  Wong  Ti  said:  The  book  is  done.  We 
need  not  kill  any  more  criminals."  Then  they  opened  the  jails  and 
pardoned  those  who  were  waiting  there,  and  gave  them  their  lives. 
"And  all  the  people  were  so  glad  that  they  made  a  big  noise  and 
laughed  like  the  sound  of  an  earthquake." 

After  hearing  this  account,  Judge  Thier  remarked:  "This  is  also 
certainly  very  wonderful,;  and  I  have  been  greatly  interested  in  hear- 
ing this  history.  Some  people  may  not  understand  all  of  this,  and 
may  not  believe.  But  the  best  way  is  to  keep  this  account  and  to 
think  'it  over.  We  shall  surely  find  in  it  some  very  wonderful  lessons. 
Some  of  these  things  are  pretty  deep,  and  we  probably  will  not  under- 
stand them  at  once.  But  if  we  reflect  upon  them  we  shall  find  a 
great  deal  that  we  may  understand  and  that  will  make  the  phil- 
osophy of  the  Chinese  system  of  medicine  clearer  to  us.  And  I  am 
very  much  obliged  to  you  for  telling  us  all  about  these  matters." 


CHAPTER  VII. 

THE  DISEASES  OF  WOMEN. 


THEIR  TREATMENT  BY  THE  HERBAL    REMEDIES— THE   MOST 
RATIONAL  AND  SUCCESSFUL  METHOB  KNOWN. 

The  diseases  of  women  are  among  the  most  common  and  the 
most  formidable  of  the  maladies  with  which  the  physician  of  the  pres- 
ent day  has  to  contend.  The  causes  of  these  diseases  are  very  numer- 
ous. It  would  be  impossible  and  is  unnecessary  to  attempt  to 
enumerate  them  all.  Modern  ways  of  life  are  responsible  for  most 
of  them,  high  living,  rich  foods,  late  hours,  parties,  balls,  demands 
of  society  and  excitements  of  all  kinds.  Overwork  is  frequently  an 
exciting  cause;  anxiety  is  another.  Various  perversions  of  marriage 
attempts  to  prevent  child-birth,  and  ignorance,  carelessness  or  lack 
of  care  during  and  after  child-birth.  All  of  these  causes,  and  others, 
are  constantly  at  work.  Many  women  doubtless  have  an  inherited  pre- 
disposition to  these  diseases,  and  many  young  women  acquire  a 
predisposition  through  overwork  at  school,  or  through  early  efforts 
at  earning  a  livelihood.  Whatever  is  a  shock  to  the  nervous  system 
or  whatever  overtaxes  it  is  a  cause  as  well  as  those  causes,  such  as 
a  miscarriage,  which  have  a  direct  effect. 

The  Chinese  system  of  medicine  is  particularly  adapted  to  the 
treatment  of  these  diseases.  Its  great  variety  of  harmless,  efficient 
herbs  come  into  play  in  every  phase  of  these  diseases.  If  the  trouble 
depends  upon  mal-nutrition  and  a  degenerate  condition  of  the  nerves 
the  Chinese  have  special  herb  foods,  which  supply  the  needed  ele- 
ments. If  the  disorder  arises  from  an  impure  or  disordered  state  of 


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the  blood,  this  system  has  many  remedies  which  cleanse  and  enrich 
the  blood,  enabling  it  to  have  healing  effect  and  an  upbuilding  effect 
as  well.  These  disorders  are  invariably  accompanied  by  fever  or 
inflammation  in  some  part  of  the  patient's  body,  and  the  Chinese 
remedies  to  reduce  and  prevent  inflammation  are  very  numerous  and 
very  effective.  Those  cases  even  in  which  the  American  physician 
has  no  remedy  except  the  knife,  yield  rapidly  to  the  herbal  treatment. 

In  China  medicine  and  surgery  are  distinct  professions,  and  the 
two  are  not  usually  followed  by  the  same  physician.  But  medicine 
attempts  and  accomplishes  many  things  which  American  ^physicians 
turn  over  to  the  surgeons.  This  is  seen  in  the  treatment  of  many 
diseases  of  the  bones,  which,  in  America,  are  treated  by  mechanical 
supports,  by  scraping  of  the  bone  and  other  operations  or  by  amputa- 
tion. The  Chinese  doctor  cures  these  cases  by  medicines  alone,  per- 
haps aided,  in  some  instances,  by  the  use  of  plasters  and  linaments, 
where  there  is  impure  blood  or  other  poisonous  liquids  to  be  drawn 
away.  The  Chinese  think  it  is  just  as  easy  to  feed  a  bone  as  it  is  to 
feed  a  muscle.  One  can  be  made  to  grow  as  well  as  the  other.  Both 
have  circulation  and  are  nourished  by  the  blood.  The  only  difference 
is  that  a  longer  time  is  usually  required  to  strengthen  a  weakened 
bone  by  feeding  it  than  to  strengthen  a  weakened  muscle,  because 
its  substance  is  harder  and  its  circulation  slower.  A  change,  there- 
fore, requires  a  greater  length  of  time,  but  it  is  just  as  certain  in  the 
one  case  as  in  the  other. 

The  same  reasoning  applies  to  abnormal  growths  in  the  womb 
or  ovaries,  or  to  ulcerations,  enlargements  of  the  tissues  or  of  the 
substance  of  the  womb,  cancers,  tumors  and  similar  difficulites.  These 
things  can  all  be  checked  and  cured  by  internal  medication  much 
easier  than  by  mechanical  means,  by  scraping  and  cutting,  or  by 
amputation.  Surgical  operations  never  accomplish  a  cure.  They 
simply  take  away  something  from  the  body  and  maim  it  in  one 
way  or  another.  When  a  physician  recommends  a  surgical  operation 
he  admits  that  the  means  at  his  command  are  insufficient,  that  he 
hasn't  the  remedies  to  meet  the  case,  and  this  is,  in  fact,  the  reason 
that  so  many  surgeons  flourish  upon  the  disorders  of  women,  and 
find  in  them  their  broadest  yet  constantly  growing  field.  Doctors  lack 
the  remedies  to  meet  the  need,  and  as  they  haven't  got  them,  they 
cannot  prescribe  them. 

Let  us  consider  in  greater  detail  some  of  the  more  prevalent 
forms  of  the  diseases  of  women  and  see  how  the  Chinese  system 


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of  medicine  is  particularly  adapted  to  cure  them.  Derangements  of 
the  menstrual  function  are  among  the  most  common  and  the  most 
injurious.  The  menstrual  function  in  a  normal  woman  ought  to  be 
practically  painless,  instead  of  a  source  of  misery  and  illness  as  it 
often  is.  Its  perversion  takes  a  score  of  forms;  sometimes  it  is 
delayed,  sometimes  premature,  sometimes  scanty,  sometimes  profuse 
and  often  accompanied  by  severe  headaches,  bearing-down  pains,  and 
even  by  hysteria  and  complete  exhaustion.  It  is  usually  functional, 
that  is,  depending  upon  defects  in  circulation,  impairment  of  the 
nervous  system,  or  a  generally  debilitated  condition,  but  it  may  come 
from  an  enlarged  or  ulcerated  condition  of  the  womb,  or  other  local 
causes. 

In  either  case  the  herbal  remedies  act  efficiently  and  promptly. 
A  tonic  medicine  is  not  what  is  needed,  because,  if  there  is  inflam- 
mation, as  there  usually  is,  a  tonic  is  simply  an  addition  of  fuel  to 
a  fire  already  existing.  Neither  are  local  applications  of  any  per- 
manent value.  They  may  relieve  the  local  pain  for  a  time,  and  may 
be  of  some  transient  benefit  by  toning  up  the  organs  involved,  as  by 
use  of  electricity;  but  the  beneficial  effect  soon  passes;  the  original 
causes  are  still  at  work,  and  the  original  results  come  back  again. 
Suppressed  or  painful  menstruation  is  often  a  result  of  a  cold,  and 
the  physician  usually  thinks  that  if  the  menses  can  be  brought  on 
again,  a  cure  is  accomplished,  not  stopping  to  think  that  the  poisonous 
conditions  which  resulted  from  the  cold  and  caused  the  suppression 
in  the  first  place  still  remain  in  the  system  and  are  liable  to  produce 
the  same  effect  again.  Sometimes  there  is  an  unnatural  contraction 
of  the  mouth  of  the  womb,  closing  it,  and  some  sort  of  an  operation 
which  forces  it  open  is  thought  necessary  in  order  to  permit  a  resump- 
tion of  the  menstrual  flow. 

These  ideas  are  all  wrong.  What  is  needed,  nine  time  out  of  ten, 
is  a  general  cleansing  of  the  system  and  a  restoration  of  the  normal 
activity  of  all  the  bodily  functions.  If  poisons  have  accumulated  in 
the  blood  through  a  failure  of  the  bowels,  the  kidneys  and  the  skin 
to  do  their  work  properly,  this  difficulty  must  be  removed  before  they 
can  be  any  permanent  improvement.  If  the  stomach  does  not  act 
perfectly,  and  there  is  consequently  a  lack  of  nutriment  for  the 
nerves  and  the  muscles  and  a  thinning  of  the  blood,  then  that  organ 
and  its  assistant  organs  of  digestion  must  be  compelled  to  perform 
their  functions  as  nature  intended.  If  poison  has  been  left  in  the  sys- 
tem through  a  cold  which  has  settled  in  the  womb  and  the  ovaries 


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and  clogs  their  action,  that  poison  must  be  removed  and  the  trouble 
will  be  cured.  Local  applications  are  almost  always  useless,  except, 
perhaps  to  a  certain  extent  in  connection  with  internal  treatment. 
The  healthful  performance  of  the  menstrual  function  is  only  accom- 
plished in  a  healthful  state  of  the  whole  body,  and  that  must  be 
brought  about  before  there  can  be  any  definite  and  constant  improve- 
ment. 

The  same  facts  apply  to  the  period  known  as  "the  change  of  life," 
which  is  a  period  of  great  pain  and  danger  for  many  women.  Some 
women  take  eight  or  ten  years  to  pass  through  this  transition,  which 
ought  to  be  accomplished  in  two  or  three  at  the  farthest,  and  without 
undue  inconveniences  or  suffering.  /The  woman  who  enters  upon 
this  period  with  all  her  bodily  functions  in  a  normal  condition  has 
nothing  to  fear;  nature  takes  care  of  the  rest.  But  the  woman  who 
commences  it  with  digestion,  nutrition,  elimination  and  circulation 
all  wrong,  with  the  stomach,  kidneys,  liver,  bowels  all  slow  or  im- 
perfect in  doing  their  work,  must  expect  trouble,  as  a  matter  of 
course.  And  this  is  too  often  the  case,  owing  to  American  ways  of 
life,  which  regard  the  pleasures  of  the  table  and  the  excitements  of 
society  as  of  greater  importance  than  health. 

Falling  of  the  womb  is  another  difficulty  which  too  often  receives 
only  illogical  and  patch-work  treatment.  The  muscles  supporting  the 
womb  in  place  become  relaxed,  through  a  general  debilitated  condi- 
tion of  the  system,  or  from  some  local  strain  or  injury,  or  the  womb 
becomes  thickened  or  enlarged  through  various  causes.  The  usual 
treatment  is  to  attempt  to  support  the  organ  in  place  by  a  mechanical 
device,  such  as  a  rubber  ring  or  pessary,  when  the  muscles  are  weak- 
ened; or  to  cut  away  a  portion  by  "curetting"  or  scraping  the  parts 
most  accessible,  thus  trying  to  reduce  it  in  size  and  weight;  and  vari- 
ous injections  and  suppositories  are  used  with  the  hope  of  strength- 
ening the  muscles  and  causing  them  to  hold  the  organ  in  its  proper 
place.  The  failure  of  all  of  these  methods  arises  from  the  fact  that 
that  the  original  causes  are  still  at  work,  except  when  the  injury 
comes  from  some  sudden  strain,  such  as  attempting  to  lift  too  great 
a  weight  or  from  some  similar  cause.  Unless  mose  causes  can  be 
permanently  removed  there  can  be  no  permanent  improvement. 

Ulcerous  growths  in  the  womb  or  vagina,  cancers  of  the  womb 
and  similar  conditions,  which  take  the  forms  of  ulcers,  of  greater 
or  less  severity  and  danger,  and  such  diseases  as  leuchorrea  are  also 
usually  treated  by  local  applications,  by  antiseptic  injections,  sup- 


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positories  and  other  devices  to  introduce  various  medications,  which 
are  supposed  to  heal  the  diseased  surfaces.  Cancer  of  the  breast  is 
a  sympathetic  complication  to  which  the  same  reasoning  applies. 
All  of  these  troubles  depend  upon  some  remote  cause,  some  functional 
derangement,  or  some  poison  in  the  system,  often  left  there  by  lack 
of  care  in  child-birth  or  by  miscarriage,  but  sometimes  coming  from 
a  cause  that  is  only  indirectly  connected  with  the  menstrual  func- 
tion or  the  generative  organs.  There  is  no  cure,  because  this  source 
of  poisonous  accumulation,  whatever  it  may  be,  is  not  removed,  and, 
while  the  local  treatment  may  render  temporary  relief,  it  cannot 
remove  the  disturbing  cause  because  it  is  not  directed  against  that 
cause. 

Now  the  herbal  remedies  assist  nature  in  these  cases,  as  in  all 
others,  in  two  ways.  They  purify  and  enrich  the  blood,  and  'they 
furnish  foods  for  the  nourishment  of  different  portions  of  the  body. 
These  two  facts  are  beyond  dispute;  everybody  can  understand  them. 
We  derive  our  daily  food  Irom  the  animal  and  vegetable  kingdoms, 
but  there  is  no  mineral  substance  that  anybody  ever  takes  for  'food, 
or  that  will  permanently  strengthen  the  system.  In  the  same  way  we 
may  find  vegetable  substances  which  are 'special  foods  for  the  differ- 
ent organs  of  the  body,  and  have  a  direct  and  healthful  influence  upon 
them. 

Now  compare  the  use  of  these  substances '  as  medicines  with  the 
use  of  minerals  or  local  applications  or  mechanical 'devices.  We  can 
understand  how  a  vegetable  substance  which  is  in  the  nature  of  a  food 
can  be  taken  into  the  blood  and  carried  to  the  weakened  portion  of 
the  body  which  needs  special  feeding  and  will  there  render  the  neces- 
sary assistance.  But  we  cannot  understand  anything  of  the '  sort  in 
reference  to  a  mineral  which  is  indigestible,  or  to  a  poison,  which  Is 
injurious  to  a  well  person.  Here  is  'the  whole  difference  in  the 
methods  of  treatment  in  a  nutshell.  After  these  points  are  established 
and  everybody  will  admit  them,  successful  treatment  by  herbal  rem- 
edies is  simply  a  matter  of  knowing  which  are  beneficial  under  the 
conditions  of  each  case.  This  special  knowledge  the  Chinese  have 
been  acquiring  for  the  past  four  thousand  years  by  the  exclusive 
use  of  these  remedies  in  their  practice  of  medicine. 

Under  this  view  of  the  case,  which  certainly  must  appeal  to  the 
common  sense  of  every  reader  who  will  take  the  trouble 'to  think  for 
himself,  is  not  at  least  advisable  for  the  suffering  woman  to  make 
a  test  of  these  remedies  before  submitting1  to  an  operation  or  despair- 


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ing  utterly  of  ever  obtaining  relief?  There  is  no  need  of  any  hum- 
bug or  secrecy  or  false  modesty  about  these  matters.  And  there  is 
no  need  of  being  frightened  half  to  death  over  a  case  that  may  not 
be  as  bad  as  'the  sufferer  thinks  it  to  be.  A  particularly  wretched 
accompaniment  of  many  of  these  cases  is  the  melancholia  or  despon- 
dency accompanying  them.  The  inevitable  depression  of  the  nervous 
system  makes  the  victim'  to  these  troubles  believe  that  there  can  be 
no  help  for  her,  while  the  truth  may  be  that  a  comparatively  short 
and  simple  course  of  treatment  will  restore  her  completely  to  health. 
The  effort  is  certainly  well  worth  the  making. 

There  are  hundreds  of  cases  on  record  in  which  the  diseases  of 
women  have  been  perfectly  and  permanently  cured  by  the  Chinese 
herbal  remedies. 

Several  years  ago  Dr.  J.  A.  Shesler,  an  American  physician  resid- 
ing in  San  Jose,  California,  reported  a  case  where  a  tumor  that  was 
estimated  to  weigh  thirty  pounds  was  removed  from  a  woman  by  a 
Chinese  physician  through  the  use  of  internal  remedies  alone.  In 
other  words  it  was  absorbed  into  the  blood  and  carried  away.  There 
are  cases  which  form  a  part  of  the  judicial  records  of  the  State  of 
California  in  which  women  have  testified  to  similar  cures  upon  the 
witness  stand  and  under  oath. 

Of  course,  a  cure  of  this  sort  requires  time.  Such  a  thing  can- 
not be  accomplished  in  a  day  except  by  very  violent  means.  The 
herbal  remedies  are  the  opposite  of  violent.  Their  action  is  gradual 
and  accumulative,  that  is,  the  good  they  do  in  one  day  is  added  to 
tnat  of  the  day  before,  and  the  favorable  effect  is  kept  up  until 
a  cure  is  accomplished.  If  women  would  employ  these  remedies  at 
the  commencement  of  their  ailments  instead,  of  as  at  present,  after 
they  have  progressed  for  a  long  time,  a  vast  amount  of  suffering 
would  be  spared  them. 


TESTIMONIALS. 

We  Offer  the   Following   Testimonials   from    Ladies   Who    Have    Used 

Our  Remedies. 

Mrs.  Gertrude  E.  Samo  of  Los  Angeles,  writes: 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company— Gentlemen:     I  take  great  pleas- 


156  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

ure  in  complying  with  your  request  for  a  few  lines  for  the  book  you 
are  compiling  for  the  benefit  of  the  sick. 

As  you  havej  done  so  much  for  me,  I  am  anxious  to  do  all  I  can 
for  suifering  humanity.  My  illness  commenced  in  Washington,  B.C., 
where  I  lived  for  over  twenty  years,  and  having  several  deaths  in 
my  family,  who  were  attended  by;  some  of  the  most  noted  physicians 
of  the  city,  I  felt  I  must  obey  when  my  doctor  said  I  would  be  subject 
to  gastric  fever  if  I  remained  there,  so  I  moved  to  Riverside,  Cal., 
ten  years  ago.  I  was  very  well  for  several  years,  but  was  then 
again  attacked  and  for  six  years  I  was  a  confirmed  invalid  with 
chronic  diarrhea  and  other  troubles.  I  think  I  would  have  been 
paralyzed  by  this  time  if  I  had  not  met  with  Dr.  Foo,  for  our  own 
physicians  only  relieved  me  for  a  time  and  could  not  cure  me.  I 
saw  Dr.  Foo's  advertisement  in  The  Times  of  Los  Angeles,  diagnos- 
ing by  the  pulse,  and  went  to  him  without  knowing  any  one  he  had 
cured,  and  when  he  diagnosed  my  case  by  my  pulse,  without  any 
question  except  my  age,  and  told  me  how  I  was  affected  so  accurately, 
and  the  cause,  and  that  it  was  ofi  long  standing,  I  was  astonished  and 
convinced  that  he  knew  what  to  do  for  me,  and  commenced  treatment 
at  once,  and  took  a  large  cup  of  the  herb  tea, .to  the  horror  of  my 
daughter,  who  had  nursed  me  so  long  and  was  so  careful  of  what  I 
ate  and  drank.  I  told  her  that  I  felt  I  was  guided  by  a  heavenly 
Power,  and  that  I  was  acting  wisely  of  which  I  am  now  fully  con- 
vinced. I  took  treatment  two  weeks  before  he  could  tell  if  he  could 
cure  me.  He  found  he  could,  having  controlled  my  bowels  from 
the  first  dose,  telling  just  what  the  herb  tea  would  do.  It  was  marveV 
ous  to  me,  after  being  treated  six'  years  by  our  physicians.  He  said 
it  would  take  at  least  six  months,  taking  two 'courses  of  medicine. 
I  improved  all  the  time,  and  then,  at  his  advice,,  left  off  four  months, 
and  am  now  taking  treatment  a 'short  time  longer,  as  he  recommended 
it.  I  have  great  confidence  in  him,  and  am  thoroughly  satisfied  with 
his  treatment.  He  is  an  honorable,  humane,  gentlemanly  man,  and 
would  compare  'favorably  with  cultivated  men  from  any  part  of  the 
globe.  There 'is  no  question  as  regards  his  scientific  ability  against 
an  understanding  of  the  condition  of  any  patient  through  the  pulse 
alone.  His  methods  of  examination  are  truly  refined.  I  have  con- 


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versed  with  many  of  Dr.  Foo's  ".patients  and  find  that  tLey  lose  the 

prejudice  as  they  become  better 
acquainted  with  him  and  >see 
more  clearly  the  evidences  of 
his  skill.  So  strongly  am  I  im- 
pressed with  this  fact,  'that  I 
wonder  why  our  American  phy- 
sicians do  not  adopt  some  of 
these  methods,  or  at  least,  in- 
vestigate them  in  a  fair  and 
candid  spirit. 

In  the  matter  of  diet,  Dr. 
Foo  shows  great  skill  and  study. 
You  are  not  allowed  to  find  out 
for  yourself  (as  I  formerly  had, 
to  my  sorrow,)  what  is  best  for 
you  to  eat,  as  a  bill  of  fare  is 
provided. 

Some  people  may  think  his  charges  for  the  herbs  are  high,  but 
compared  with  the  results,  they  are  insignificant. 

Hoping  that  these  few  lines  will  induce  many  who  are  suffer- 
ing to  take  your  treatment  and  be  cured,  I  remain  gratefully  your 
friend,  MRS.  GERTRUDE  SAMO, 

1818    E.  Second  street,  corner  Boyle  avenue. 


MRS.  GERTRUDE  E.   SAMO. 


The  following  letter  from  a  former  well-known  resident  of  Red- 
lands,  was  addressed  to  a  gentleman  in  San  Bernardino,  who  wrote 
to  her,  making  some  inquiries: 

LAKEWOOD,  New  Jersey,  March  23,  1897. 
Mr.  F.  F.  Cross,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 

Dear  Sir:  Your  letter  was  forwarded  to  me  in  New  York  City 
and  from  ^there  to  New  Jersey,  where  I  am  staying  for  a  few  weeks. 
I  received  it  today,  and  take  pleasure  in  saying  that  Dr.  Foo  did  a 
great  deal  for  me.  I  was  suffering  from  biliousness  and  sick  headache 
in!  its  yworst  for,  not  being  able  to  sit  up  for  three  days  after  a  severe 
attack.  I  had  these  headaches  so  often  that  I  was  in  a  weak  and 
feeble  condition  most  of  the  time.  I  am  thankful  to  say  I  have  not 


158  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

had  one  in  more  than  two  years;  it  is  nearer  three  years.  I  have 
great  confidence  in  Dr.  Foo,  and  think  he  will  help  you  if  any  one  can. 
I  consider  my  cure  permanent.  I  took  his  treatment  about  nine 
months.  It  is  expensive,  but  I  think  the  money  was  well  invested — 
not  being  young  it  took  longer  to  cure  me.  I  cannot  tell  whether  he 
cures  all  cases  he  accepts.  If  he  says  he  can  cure  you  I  think  I 
would  let  him  try.  I  consider  Dr.  Foo  to.be  an  honest,  upright  man, 
and  would  recommend  him  to  you  or  to  anyone  who  is  sick  and 
Buffering,  Very  truly  yours, 

MRS.  M.  A.  KINGSBURY. 


ABSCESS  OF.THE  WOMB  AND   BOWELS  CURED. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Gal.,  Sept.  4,  1898. 
T.  Foo  Yuen  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Co.: 

For  the  benefit  of  the  sick  and  afflicted,  I  consider  it  my  duty 
to  give  them  my  experiences  of  sickness  and  suffering,  of  the  past 
twenty  years.  I  have  been  doctoring  with  some  of  what  are  con- 
sidered the  best  physicians  both  in  the  East  and  here  in  California. 
The  general  verdict  being  spleen  and  liver  trouble.  But  I  had  no 
relief  whatever  until  I  began  taking  medicine  of  Dr.  Foo.  After 
diagnosing  my  case,  he  explained  to  my1  perfect  satisfaction  that  my 
head  trouble,  stomach  trouble,  and  severe  cough,  were  caused  by  ab- 
cesses  on  the  liver,  and  in  the  bowels  and  womb,  leaving  me  in  such 
a  state  that  all  my  friends  and  my  husband  despaired  of  my  ever 
getting  well.  At  first  the  discharge  of  blood  and  matter  from  the 
bowels  was  terrible.  Now  the  discharge  has  disappeared,  my  cough 
has  left  me,  (and  I  did,  at  the  time  I  went  to  Dr.  Foo  cough  all  day 
and  all  night,  and  had  for  nearly  one  year.)  The  pain  in  side,  bloat- 
ing, weakness  of  heart,  nervousness  and  other  troubles  have  left  me, 
and  I  am  getting  stronger  all  the  time.  I  am  now  62  years  old,  and 
feeling  better  than  I  have  for  the  past  25  years.  Thanks  be  to  Dr. 
Foo.  I  realize  the  truth  more  and  more  every  day — that  he  has 
been  the  means  of  saving  my  life,  and  may  he  live  long  to  help  others 
as  he  has  me,  is  my  earnest  wish. 

Any  one  wishing  to  know  the  truth  of  this  statement,  can  call 
at  1933  East  Second  street,  Boyle  Heights,  and  I  will  gladly  explain 
all  to  them.  MRS.  A.  W.  SWAIN. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  159 

Mrs.  W.  J.  Anderson  of  North  Fair  Oaks  ave.,  Pasadena,  writes: 

"PASADENA,  Cal.,  July  13,  1897. 

"I  had  been  afflicted  with  a  complication  of  diseases  for  a  number 
of  years,  and  had  been  treated  by  some  of  the  best  physicians  both 
in  the  East  and  in  California,  but  gradually  grew  worse.  In  August, 
1895,  I  heard  of  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  and,  decided  to  call  on  him.  He  at 
once  told  me  of  all  my  past,  and,  at  that  time  present  physical 
troubles,  without  asking  me  any  questions  whatever,  and  said  that, 
If  I  would  take  his  herbal  remedies  under  his  direction,  they  would 
cure  me.  I  very  reluctantly  consented  to  try  them,  and  must  say 
that  their  effects  from  the  first  were  wonderful.  I  continued  the 
treatment  for  about  seven  months,  all  the  time  in  doubts  as  to 
whether  my  improvement  would  be  permanent,  but  it  is  now  over  a 
year  since  I  have  taken  any  treatment  whatever,  and  I  have  been 
Improving  gradually  and  continually." 


The  following  is  from  Mrs.  T.  D.  Merryman  of  Los  Angeles: 
The  Foo   and  Wing  Herb  Co., 

Gentlemen:  It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  say  that  your  treat- 
ment in  my  case  has  been  most  wonderful.  For  over  20  years  I  had 
be«n  an  invalid  and  so  many  times  had  I  been  prostrated  with  inflam- 
mation of  the  stomach  that  my  friends  and  neighbors  had  despaired 
of  my  life,  and  it  seemed  like  an  impossi- 
bility for  me  to  rally.  The  February  after 
the  World's  Fair  I  had  a  very  severe  attack 
of  acute  rheumatism.  Our  home  physician 
was  called  in  and  he  gave  me  remedies  that 
soon  brought  relief,  and  with  the  aid  of 
canes,  I  commenced  walking  a  little  around 
the  house  in  three  or  four  weeks.  I  was  look- 
ing forward  to  a  speedy  recovery,  but,  alas! 
I  was  doomed  to  disappointment.  I  began  to 
notice  a  numbness  and  bloating  in  my  feet 
and  limbs.  I  did  not  worry  much  about  this 
MRS.  T.  D.  MERRYMAN.  at  first,  thinking  that  I  would  soon  find  some 
remedy  to  overcome  and  ward  off  the  disease,  believing  it  to  be 


160  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

just  common  dropsy.  I  used  the  very  best  medicines  I  knew  of  but  all 
of  this  was  of  no  avail.  I  then  went  to  the  Hot  Springs  at  San  Ja- 
cinto,  taking  hot  mud  baths,  as  my  friends  thought  they  would  cer- 
tainly bring  relief,  but  the  bloating  kept  increasing.  I  then  felt 
alarmed  and  called  our  physician.  .  He  then  told  me  that  I  was 
in  a  very  critical  condition,  and  unless  I  could  get  help  very  soon 
I  would  not  last  very  long.  He  told  me  he  had  only  one  remedy  to 
offer,  and  said  he  believed  it  would  help  me;  if  it  did  not  then  he 
could  no  nothing  more  for  me.  I  took  the  remedy  about  four  months 
ana  was  very  much  better,  so  that  I  had  hopes  of  regaining  my  health. 
Last  fall,  however,  after  all  the  medicine  I  had  taken,  the  bloating 
again  increased.  I  sent  away  and  got  more  of  the  medicine  and 
used  it  the  same  as  before,  but  this  time  with  no  success.  I  then 
called  another  physician,  but  I  gradually  grew  weaker  and  more 
helpless — so  feeble  that  I  could  scarcely  move  around  the  house. 
About  this  time  there  appeared  a  letter  in  the  Los  Angeles  Times 
concerning  T.  Foo  Yuen.  I  read  it;  then  other  letters  appeared  tell- 
ing of  his  success  in  curing1  some  almost  incurable  diseases.  These  I 
read  also.  I  visited  him,  and  he  told  me,  after  examination  of  the 
pulse,  without  any  questioning,  more  accurately  than  I  could  have 
told  myself,  and  I  felt  confident  that  he  thoroughly  understood  my 
case.  He  showed  so  much  interest  in  me  that  I  felt  I  could  not 
make  a  mistake  by  placing  myself  under  his  treatment,  which  I  did 
on  the  22nd  of  last  February.  I  feel  today  that  I  am  a  perfectly 
changed  being.  I  can  easily  walk  half  a  mile  to  church,  while  before 
I  could  not  walk  half  a  block  without  suffering. 

I  can  truly  say  I  will  heartily  recommend  all  my  friends  and  any 
that  may  need  medical  aid  to  T.  Foo  Yuen,  903  South  Olive,  Los  Ange- 
les, Cal.  MRS.  T.  D.  MERRYMAN. 
3020  Hoover  street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  September  4,  1896. 


The  following  letter,  which  was  originally  printed  in  the  Los 
Angeles  Times  at  a  time  when  there  was  some  newspaper  discussion 
over  the  Chinese  methods  of  practice,  is  from  a  lady,  who,  although 
for  many  years  an  invalid,  is  well  known  as  a  contributor  to  various 
periodicals  of  Southern  California.  The  letter  explains  itself: 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  161 

BLUFF  HOUSE,  ALHAMBRA,  Cal.,  Jan.  19,  1896. 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Times: 

In  view  of  the  really  malignant  attacks  now  being  made  on  a 
quiet,  educated  gentleman,  T.  Foo  Yuen,  and  stirred  with  the  sympathy 
of  a  long  suffering,  sorely-tried  invalid  for  my  confreres  in  misfortune, 
I  take  the  liberty  of  begging  that  you  will  give  this  space  in  your 
publication.    It  is  well  known  that  I  have  been  a  hopeless  invalid  for 
twenty-three)  years,  gradually  growing  worse  with  excruciating  suffer- 
ing from  head  to  foot  that  took  various  forms,  each  more  torturing 
than  the  others,  and  finally  resulting  in  complete  helplessness  and  a 
wheel  chair.     During  the  twenty-three  years  I  have  consulted  the  best 
physicians   in   New   York,   San  Francisco   and   Los  Angeles.     I  have 
found  many  conscientious  gentlemen  and  kindly  friends  among  the 
number,  but  none  who  could;  cure  even  one  of  my  manifold  torments 
and  only  two  who  have  ever  given  me  temporary  relief — one  physician 
in  New  York   and  the   other  in  Los   Angeles,   who   relieved   me   of 
eczema,  but  said  frankly  that  he  could  not  cure  it  under  my  condition 
of  helplessness.     Last  November  I  consulted  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  and  he 
gave  me  quite   a  different  diagnosis   from   any   former   physician — a 
diagnosis  that  many  facts  and  long  experience  thoroughly  confirmed. 
As  I  am  a  mere  "stranded  wreck  upon  the  shores  of  time,"  Dr.  Foo 
Yuen  does  not  promise  me  an  entire  set  of  "clearance  papers; "  but 
he  gives  me  hopes  of  a  better  ending  to  a  disastrous  voyage — what  no 
other  physician  has  ever  done; "hopes  that  are  being  verified  in  this 
much,  viz.:     Since  the  short  time  in  which  I  have  taken  his  very 
cleanly  medicinal  herbs  I  have  been  entirely  freed!  from  a  most  atro- 
cious eczema  of  nearly  six  years'  standing,  that  if  Dante  had  ever 
experienced  for  one  month,  he  would  have  added  it  to  his  list  of  other 
delights  in  his  "Inferno;"  and  a  dropsical  affection  causing  difficulty 
in  breathing,  blurred  vision,  heaviness  of  head,  and  dullness  of  hear- 
ing.    If  he  does  as  much  for  me  in  the  next  three  months,  life  will,  at 
least,  possess  a  portion  of  its  old-time  charm.     It  seems  to  me  that 
some  of  my  spindle-shanked,  blue-lipped  countrymen  would  better  try 
and  emulate  the  fresh-lipped,  physical  condition  of  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen 
themselves,  before   dictating  to  others.     As   an   earnest   advocate  of 
square-bound,  even-handed  justice  to  all  men,  whether  of  the  Occi- 
dent or  the  Orient,  I  wish  to  give  honor  where  honor  is  due.     Now, 
Mr.  Editor,  in  view  of  these  few  simple  facts,  and  I  am  not  alone,  I 
ask,  is  it  manly,  is  it  even  decent  for  presumably  fair-minded  men  to 


162  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

wage  war  by  falsification  and  otherwise  on  their  suffering  kind? 
Since  it  is  we  the  "rejected  invalids"  whom  they  prosecute  under  the 
tenuous  guise  of  "protecting  the  invalid."  As  if  physical  suffering, 
pre-supposed  idiocy  and  the  need  of  a  guardian.  I  have  always 
found  T.  Foo  Yuen  a  kindly,  courteous  gentleman  in  all  my  dealings 
with  him,  and  his  system  of  medication  pre-eminently  dainty,  cleanly 
and  efficacious.  \  EMILY  GRAY  MAYBERRY. 


LETTER    FROM    MRS.    ELIZA   A.    OTIS. 

The  following  general  letter  of  commendation  of  T.  Foo  Yuen's 
skill  and  methods  seems  to  find  its  most  appropriate  place  here.  It 
is  from  Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Otis,  a  talented  writer,  and  well  known  in  Cali- 
fornia. She  is  the  wife  of  Brigadier-General  Harrison  Gray  Otis, 
editor  of  the  Los  Angeles  Times,  a  man  of  national  reputation,  at 
one  time  in  command  of  a  division  of  the  United  States  troops  at 
Manila.  Mrs.  Otis  says: 

"I  have  had  the  pleasure  of  a  brief  acquaintance  with  Dr.  Tom 
Foo  Yuen  and  have  found  him  to  be  not  only  an  agreeable  and  culti- 
vated gentleman,  but  one  well  versed  in  the  medical  science  of  his 
country,  and  with  a  large  knowledge  of  medical  herbs  and  their 
proper  use." 

1948  Grand  Avenue. 


A   BRIEF   BUT  VIVID  STATEMENT. 

No.   1609   Atlantic   Avenue. 

ATLANTIC  CITY,  N.  J.,  Nov.  26,  1896. 

Dear  Doctor:  I  feel  that  I  ought  to  give  you  a  testimonial  of 
what  you  have  done  for  me.  When  I  called  on  you  I  was  suffering 
with  a  bad  cough,  thought  I  had  consumption.  In  five  days  your  medi- 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  163 

cine  cured  my  cough.  I  was  also  suffering  from  diabetes,  was  poi- 
soned inside  and  outside,  my  hands  were  in  a  deadful  state,  swollen 
out  of  shape.  I  was  compelled  to  keep  my  fingers  bound  up.  Noth- 
ing seemed  to  relieve  me.  My  family  doctor  said  it  was  diabetic 
trouble.  I  also  took  a  course  of  treatment  from  a  specialist  in  New 
York,  but  without  relief. 

Thank  God,  all  is  now  over.     I  am  65  years  of  age,  and  reside  at 
Atlantic  City,  N.  J.     Respectfully,  MRS.  E.  *j.  SCHAFER, 

No.  26  South  Tennessee  Avenue. 


PIMPLES   REMOVED. 

LOS  ANGELES,   Cal.,   August  25,   1897. 
To  T.  Foo  Yuen: 

My  daughter  was  troubled  with  pimples  on  her  face,  and  they 
not  only  looked  badly,  but  were  a  constant  source  of  annoyance. 
Many  different  remedies  were  tried  without  success,  and  finally  she 
placed  herself  under  the  care  of  Dr.  Foo,  who  treated  her  by  purifying 
the  blooi.  After  about  four  months  the  pimples  entirely  disappeared, 
and  after  she  had  stopped  taking  medicine  the  effect  was  more  bene- 
ficial. W.  G,  COGSWELL,  1138  S.  Flower  street. 


The  following  from  Miss  Zella  Bracewell  of  Ontario,  Cal.,  explains 
Itself: 

ONTARIO,  Cal.,  September,  1896. 
T.  Foo   Yuen,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Dear  sir:  I  came  to  California  in  the  fall  of  1893  in  hopes  that 
change,'  of  climate  would  improve  my  health,  but  it  was  no  avail,  and 
I  continued  to  grow  worse.  I  then  began  treatment-  with  our  local 
doctors,  and  was  under  their  care  for  a  year,  receiving  but  very  little 
benefit.  I  was  born  with  a  very  poor  constitution,  and  have  been 
troubled  with  spinal  affection  from  a  child,  and  of  late  years  it  has 
caused  me  much  suffering.  I  also  had  nervous  prostration,  severe 
headaches,  gas  on  the  stomach  and  other  troubles.  My  blood  was 
very  poor  and  my  system  greatly  poisoned. 

Hearing  of  Dr.  Foo,  and  of  some  of  the  cures  he  had  effected,  I 
decided  simply  out  of  curiosity,  to  see  him,  and  was  greatly  surprised 


164  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

when  he  placed  his  finger  on  my  pulse  and  gave  me  a  correct  diagno- 
sis of  my  case  without  asking  but  one  question,  and  that  was  my  age. 

From  that  time  I  had  a  great  desire  to  take  treatment  of  him, 
believing  he  could  help  if  not  cure  me.  I  find  his  medicines  are  very 
searching,  cleansing  and  purifying  the  blood  and  invigorating  the 
whole  system.  I  know  personally  of  many  who  have  been  cured  and 
greatly  benefited  by  his  treatment.  j 

Last  September,  while  under  Dr.  Foo's  treatment,  I  caught  a 
severe  cold  and  had  an  attack  of  tonsilitis,  which  poisoned  my  whole 
system,  but  through  the  skill  of  Dr.  Foo  I  recovered  rapidly,  and  am 
now  well  of  it.  Several  friends  told  me  that  they  did  not  expect  me  to 
live,  and  some  people  said  the  Chinese  doctor  was  killing  me,  but  I 
have  proved  to  them  that  he  has  done  the  opposite — saved  my  life. 
I  have  gained  thirty  pounds  in  weight  under  his  treatment,  and  am 
now  enjoying  better  health  than  I  have  for  years. 

I  can  truly  say  I  believe  Dr.  Foo  has  done  more  for  me  than  any 
physician  that  I  have  any  knowledge  of  could  have  done,  and  my 
gratitude  to  him  is  unbounded.  ZELLA  BRACE  WELL. 


The  following  is  of  interest  in  this  connection: 

REDLANDS,  Cal.,  October  16,  1897. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company: 

Gentlemen:  My  experience  with  Dr.  Foo  has  probably  been  one 
of  the  most  remarkable  among  his  many  patients.  In  1891  I  com- 
menced to  have  womb  trouble,  and  consulted  physicians  of  both 
schools  in  Redlands.  They  all  pronounced  it  a  case  of  tumor,  and 
their  diagnosis  was  doubtless  correct,  but  their  treatment  was  not  as 
satisfactory;  for  I  tried  a  great  many'  remedies  and  prescriptions 
without  beneficial  result.  The  physicians  desired  to  perform  an  ope- 
ration, but  I  dreaded  the  pain  and  danger  and  would  not  consent.  As 
this  seemed  to  be  the  last  resort  within  their  reach  I  stopped  doctor- 
ing entirely  and  was  ill  all  of  the  time  until  1893,  when  I  heard  of 
Dr.  Foo,  who  had  just  then  come  to  Redlands.  I  noticed  that  people 
of  education  and  intelligence  consulted  him,  and  I  heard  a  great  deal 
about  his  success  in  the  diseases  of  women.  So  I  finally  decided  to 
go  and  pee  him,  and  to  ask  him  to  give  me  an  examination  and 
opinion. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  165 

He  asked  me  no  questions  whatever,  but  informed  me  that  there 
was  a  tumor  and  congealed  blood  in  the  womb.  I  was  very  much  sur- 
prised at  the  correctness  of  his  diagnosis,  which  corresponded  with 
all  that  I  knew  before  of  my  condition,  and  I  at  once  decided  to  take 
his  medicine.  I  continued  it  for  three  months;  sometimes  I  appeared 
to  be  a  little  better,  sometimes  worse.  My  family  were  nearly  dis- 
couraged at  the  end  of  this  time,  but  I  saw  so  many  of  Dr.  Foo's 
patients  who  were  doing  well,  but  a  few  of  them  not  progressing  very 
fast,  that  I  decided  to  keep  on.  I  continued  to  take  the  herbs  for 
about  eleven  months  in  all.  Then  I  stopped  them  entirely,  and  at 
that  time  I  looked  and  felt  better  than  I  had  been  for  many  years. 
I  have  found  that  the  great  improvement  made  has  been  permanent. 

Since  that  time  I  have  taken  these  remedies  at  intervals,  for 
colds  and  other  troubles,  and  have  always  found  them  thoroughly 
satisfactory.  MRS.  M.  M.  REEDER. 


A    VOICE    FROM    THE    KLONDIKE. 

As  an  illustration  of  what  our  remedies  accomplish  for  women 
we  present  the  following  extract  from  a  letter  written  by  Alice 
Rollins  Crane  to  a  friend  in  Los  Angeles: 

"DAWSON  CITY,  Northwest  Territory,  Oct.  10,  1898. 
"Tell  Mr.  Hazard  to  say  to  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  that  my  health  has 
never  been  better,  and  that  I  give  him  the  credit  for  it.  After  years 
of  suffering,  and  that  without  hope  of  recovery,  he  cured  me,  gave 
me  a  new  lease  of  life,  so  that  I  could  finish  my  work.  My  work  in 
Alaska  for  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  among  the  tribes  of  Indians, 
has  called  for  the  most  severe  exposures  and  privations.  I  have  now 
been  in  this  country  nearly  a  year,  and  for  ninety  days  at  a  time  the 
thermometer  has  ranged  from  zero  to  45  deg.  below,  and  I  have  really 
enjoyed  it.  I  have  often  walked  eighteen  miles  one  day  and  returned 
the  second  day,  without  any  symptoms  of  the  old  trouble,  and  I  have 
a  feeling  of  gratitude  for  the  doctor.  He  has  brought  to  our  shores 
a  science  which  was  born  of  centuries  of  medical  evolutions,  and 
which  puts  the  modern  'fake'  to  shame.  I  wish  he  had  a  branch  in 
Dawson,  now  we  have  some  16,000  people  and  plenty  of  sickness. 

"ALICE  ROLLINS  CRANE." 


166  FOO  &  WINGr  HERB  COMPANY 

A  SPLENDID   ILLUSTRATION 


of  the  value  of  the  herbal  system  of  medicine  is  afforded  by  Mrs. 
Crane's  case.  As  in  thousands  of  cases,  Mrs.  Crane's  illness  was 
gradual  deterioration,  growing  from  bad  to  worse,  for  several  years. 
During  all  that  time  she  was  unable  to  secure  any  permanent  relief, 
and  came  at  last  to  a  point  where  she  was  utterly  at  a,  loss.  It  was 
evident  that  something  must  be  done  if  her  life  was  to  be  saved,  but 
she  had  no  confidence  in  the  remedies  offered  her  by  numerous  phy- 
sicians. She  was  finally  advised  by  physicians  whom  she  believed 
to  be  competent  that  only  a  certain  very  severe  and  difficult  surgical 
operation  would  save  her  life.  But,  upon  careful  investigation,  she 
discovered  that  in  this  operation  there  was  only  one  chance  in  eight 
for  her  life.  In  other  words,  of  every  eight  women  who  submit  to 
this  operation  seven  die  from  its  effects.  Mrs.  Crane  further  learned 
thai,  of  those  who  recover,  the  average  length  of  life  subsequent 
to  the  operation  is  eight  years.  This  was  truly  a  pleasant  prospect 
for  a  thoroughly  sick  and  discouraged  woman  to  contemplate. 

In  this  crisis  of  her  affairs  Mrs.  Crane  happened  to  hear  of  the 
Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  and  determined  to  consult  them.  The 
pulse  diagnosis  which  she  received  and  the  information  in  reference 
to  the  methods  employed  and  the  remedies  used  appealed  at  once  to 
her  sturdy  common  sense,  and  she  accepted  implicitly  the  statement 
of  the  doctors  that  they  could  cure  her,  without  risk  and  danger;  and 
without  any  operation  whatever.  That  the  result  was  fully  up  to  the 
promises  made  is  abundantly  shown  by  the  letter  quoted  above. 
Here  is  a  case  that  is  absolutely  beyond  dispute.  Mrs.  Crane's  great 
work  among  the  Apaches  and  other  Indian  tribes,  her  elaborate 
studies  of  their  histories,  traditions  and  ways  of  life,  and  her  writings 
in  reference  to  these  are  matters  familiar  to  hundreds  of  people  in 
Los  Angeles.  Equally  well  known  is  her  present  mission  to  the 
frozen  North,  whither  she  has  gone  as  a  representative  of  the  Smith- 
sonian Institute  and  of  a  syndicate  of  eastern  publications.  There 
can  be  no  mistake  and  no  humbug  about  a  case  so  well  attested  as  is 
this.  All  of  the  testimonials  that  we  print  are  genuine,  but  few  of 
them  are  so  tersely  written  and  so  unusual  as  is  this  letter  from 
Mrs.  Crane. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  167 

FOR  THE  SPECIAL  BENEFIT  OF  WOMEN. 

The  facts  in  this  letter  are  of  interest  to  every  one,  but  of  special 
interest  to  women.  For  they  prove,  what  we  have  asserted  before, 
that  women  are  not  absolutely  dependent  upon  the  knife  for  relief 
from  their  peculiar  ills.  The  prevalent  craze  for  surgical  operations 
in  treating  the  diseases  of  women  is  a  fad  pure  and  simple.  It  is  as 
unnecessary  as  it  is  cruel  and  ineffective.  We  have  remedies  that 
meet  these  cases  fully.  They  accomplish  by  gradual  processes  of 
absorption  and  nutrition  what  cannot  be  accomplished  by  violent  and 
quicker  means.  Nature  does  not  work  in  a  hurry  in  the  cure  of  these 
diseases.  They  require  a  little  time  if  a  cure  is  to  be  safe  and  sure, 
and  the  summary  methods  of  the  modern  surgeon  are  as  far  removed 
as  possible  from  natural  methods. 


CHAPTER  VIIL 

HOW  TO  CURE  A  COLD. 


ONLY  ONE  SAFE  AND  SATISFACTORY  METHOD— SIMPLE  COLDS 
THE  ORIGIN  OF  FATAL  DISEASES. 


DIFFICULTIES  IN  CURING  OR  PREVENTING  THEM— ATMOSPHERIC 
INFLUENCES  IN  CREATING  EPIDEMICS  OF  INFLUENZA— RESULTS 
OF  MISTAKES  IN  TREATMENT  AND  DIET— SLIGHT  ATTACKS  MADE 
INFINITELY  WORSE— THE  SAFE  AND  EFFICIENT  SYSTEM  OF  THE 
FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY— VEGETABLE  SPECIFICS  BY  FAR 
THE  BEST. 


Half  the  diseases  that  kill  people  originate  in  simple  colds. 
Everybody  knows  by  experience  what  a  cold  is,  for  everybody  takes 
cold.  A  warm  and  genial  climate  is  not  a  safeguard.  People  take* 
cold  in  California  as  easily  as  they  do  in  the  East,  and  a  dry  winter 
is  more  productive  of  evil  in  this  respect  than  a  winter  with  a  heavier 
rainfall.  In  dry  years  there  is  a  greater  contrast  between  sun  and 
shade,  day  and  night.  And  people  are  more  careless  because  they 
erroneously  think  they  are  safer. 

In  its  simplest  form  a  cold  is  a  disease,  which  runs  a  regular 
course  and  usually  terminates  in  about  two  weeks.  In  its  more 
severe  results  it  ends  in  la  grippe,  influenza,  pneumonia  and.  various 


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forms  of  fever  such  as  typhoid.  Sometimes  a  cold  arises  simply 
from  exposure,  through  a  chilling  of  a  portion  of  the  body,  a  conse- 
quent congestion  and  interruption  of  the  circulation,  then  comes 
fever  which  gives  rise  to  poison  in  the  system.  If  the  patient  id 
strong  enough  to  throw  these  poisons  off  there  may  be  no  serious 
permanent  injury.  If  he  is  weak  or  predisposed  to  other  diseases  the 
cold  marks  the  beginning  of  a  more  severe,  often  fatal  malady.  Even 
the  simplest  cold  is  some  injury.  Even  if  cured  it  leaves  its  mark 
upon  the  constitution  and  makes  the  next  cold  easier.  After  a  little 
there  is  a  decided  tendency,  which  ends  in  consumption  or  some  other 
virulent  disorder. 

DIFFICULTY    OF    A    CURE. 

Considering  the  prevalence  of  colds  and  the  long  experience  of 
physicians  in  treating  them  one  would  suppose  that  they  could  be 
quickly  and  easily  cured.  They  could  be  and  would  be  if  the  medi- 
cine could  fulfil  its  promises.  But  medicine  don't  do  anything  of  the 
kind.  Everybody  who  has  ever  had  a  cold  knows  this.  If  you  take 
it  right  at  the  very  start  perhaps  a  big  dose  of  quinine  or  a  hot  lemon- 
ade or  some,  other  of  the  advertised  cures  may  bring  relief.  But  few 
people  are  smart  enough  to  take  a  cold  at  the  start.  It  is  human 
nature  to  wait  till  it  develops,  hoping  in  the  meantime  that  it  will 
go  away  itself.  But  it  never  does.  When  pain  begins  to  be  felt,  and 
there  is  headache,  bones  ache  and  fever,  then  heavy  doses  of  some 
powerful  mineral  remedy  are  usually  taken,  and  that  settles  the  ques- 
tion by  making  the  trouble  worse.  The  powerful  drugs  causes  irri- 
tation and  greater  fever.  Then  nature  has  to  contend  with  the  cold 
ana  the  medicine,  too.  The  cold  then  has  to  "run  its  course."  It 
may  settle  in  one  part  of  the  body,  as  in  the  lungs,  and  cause  intense 
inflammation.  Or  it  may  go  all  through  the  body  and  cause  general 
depression  and  pains  from  head  to  foot.  In  either  case  nature  requires 
time  to  rally  her  forces  and  drive  the  malady  from  the  system. 
Sometimes  nature  is  too  weak  and  then  there  is  "quick  consumption," 
or  some  other  destructive  disease. 

PREDISPOSITION   TO   COLDS. 

Many  people  take  cold  very  easily.  They  are  naturally  of  delicate 
constitutions  or  else  they  are  neglectful  of  their  health.  They  live 


170  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

too  closely  within  doors,  take  too  little  exercise  and  neglect  the  care 
of  the  skin,  which  becomes  unduly  sensitive.  Then  very  little  expos- 
ure results  in  a  cold.  An  improper  diet  is  a  very  common  cause. 
This  makes  the  blood  impure,  retards  the  vital  processes  and  clogs 
the  system  with  impurities  which  hinder  the  circulation.  The  result 
is  a  depressed  state  of  vitality  and  a  weakened  nervous  system.  Con- 
sequently the  person  takes  a  cold  easily  and  gets  rid  of  it  with  diffi- 
culty. Every  cold  so  taken  makes  the  way  easier  for  another,  until 
a  slight  change  in  the  temperature  of  a  room,  a  slight  exposure  to  a 
draught  or  a  trifling  wetting  brings  on  the  pernicious  result.  There 
is  only  one  way  to  overcome  this  predisposition.  The  blood  must 
be  purified,  the  circulation  must  be  quickened,  the  diet  regulated, 
digestion  assisted,  the  normal  action  of  the  skin  restored.  Then  the 
individual  stands  a  chance  of  resisting  disease. 

ATMOSPHERIC    INFLUENCES. 

Sometimes  colds  are  epidemic.  La  grippe  and  influenza  travel 
in  the  atmosphere.  They  are  contagious,  so  that  when  one  member 
of  a  family  is  attacked  all  the  others  are  pretty  certain  to  suffer. 
There  are  millions  of  germs  of  these  diseases  floating  in  the  air. 
Climatic  conditions  beyond  the  control  of  man  govern  their  develop- 
ment. When  these  diseases  are  epidemic  everybody  breathes  the 
germs.  The  strong  may  escape  without  injury,  because  they  cast 
the  germs  off  at  once.  But  those  who  are  weak,  for  any  reason,  or 
pre-disposed,  fail  to  get  rid  of  the  germs.  If  the  person  has  already 
been  a  frequent  sufferer  from  colds,  or  if  he  has  catarrh  or  asthma, 
then  the  germs  find  tissues,  in  the  lungs  and  air  passages  which  are 
irritated,  congested  or  ulcerated.  These  surfaces  are  favorable  to 
their  lodgment  and  development.  They  find  a  home  and  grow  by 
millions.  The  result  is  influenza,  la  grippe,  pneumonia,  lung  fever 
or  some  similar  disorder.  The  weaker  the  person  is  the  harder  to 
dislodge  these  germs  and  to  prevent  their  continued  development. 
If  his  system  is  already  debilitated  or  impure,  he  has  a  hard  struggle, 
which  very  often  ends  in  a  chronic  disease  or  in  death. 

SIMPLE  CASES  AGGRAVATED  BY  IMPROPER  TREATMENT. 

In  thousands  of  cases,  colds,  which  would  be  trifling  in  their 
results  if  let  alone,  or  treated  in  a  rational  way,  are  converted  into 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  171 

critical  disorders  by  incompetent  and  improper  treatment.  Mistakes 
in  diet  alone  do  great  harm.  Persons  suffering  from  even  a  slight 
cold  should  be  extremely  careful  of  their  diet.  The  lighter  this  is,  the 
better.  The  portions  of  the  food  assimilated  into  the  blood  are  car- 
ried to  the  lungs  before  they  are  taken  to  the  other  organs.  If  they 
are  of  a  heavy  or  irritating,  or  too  stimulating  character,  they  create 
greater  irritation  where  there  is  already  too  much.  Meat  soups,  in 
particular,  tend  to  clog  the  lungs.  Powerful  drugs  and  poisonous 
remedies  of  all  kinds  have  a  similar  effect.  They  create  greater 
irritation  and  fever.  Whisky  and  other  stimulants,  which  are  very 
often  prescribed,  are  simply  adding  fuel  to  a  fire.  They  cannot  lessen 
the  inflammation;  they  produce  more  intense  inflammation.  The 
action  of  the  skin  is  impeded,  and  colds  often  settle  in  the  kidneys. 
Hence,  with  the  natural  outlets  for  poisons  impeded,  it  is  certainly 
illogical  to  add  poisons  in  the  way  of  so-called  remedies.  Yet  this  is 
often  the  course  pursued.  And  the  patient  gets  worse  and  worse, 
while  firmly  believing  that  he  is  doing  all  in  his  power  to  get  well. 

TRY    A    MORE     RATIONAL    REMEDY. 

Anyone  who  reads  carefully  the  above  paragraphs — which  simply 
set  forth  the  facts  within  the  knowledge  and  experience  of  all — will 
understand  why  the  Oriental  Herbal  remedies  are  more  efficient  in 
curing  colds  and  all  diseases  originating  in  colds  than  any  others 
known.  The  action  of  these  remedies  has  been  so  often  discussed 
in  the  public  press  that  almost  everybody  understands  it  now.  Peo- 
ple know  that  these  specifics  are  harmless,  that,  they  remove  poisons 
from  the  human  body  instead  of  adding  more  poisons  to  the  poisons 
already  there  and  already  doing  a  great  deal  of  harm,  and  that  they 
act  favorably  and  promptly  upon  all  the  vital  organs.  They  quicken 
the  circulation  and  drive  the  cold  back  to  the  skin  when  it  disap- 
pears. They  assist  nature  in  getting  rid  of  all  the  poisonous  products 
of  the  cold  and  of  the  resulting  inflammation,  and,  finally,  they  are 
nourishing.  They  keep  up  the  strength  and  to  a  great  extent,  they 
take  the  place  of  food  for  a  time.  They  are  readily  assimilated  by 
the  stomach,  promote  the  secretion  of  the  gastric  juices  and  assist 
digestion.  They  are  not  irritants  which  nature  must  get  rid  of,  but 
simply  agents  for  cleansing,  for  renewing  and  for  giving  strength. 

If  a  cold  is  treated  at  the. outset  these  remedies  quickly  work  a 


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cure.  In  two  or  three  days  the  sufferer  is  as  well  as  ever  again.  If 
the  cold  has  become  firmly  seated,  a  longer  time  is  required.  But 
nature  is  helped  in  such  a  way  that  permanent  injury  is  prevented. 
There  is  no  danger  that  the  cold  will  settle  in  a  vital  organ  and  pro- 
duce acute  inflammation  or  a  chronic  condition  that  may  end  in  a 
disease  dangerous  to  Hfe. 


TESTIMONIALS. 

The  following  letter  is  from  a  former  attache  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Health  Office,  who  was  threatened  with  an  attack  of  typhoid  fever 
as  a  result  of  taking  cold.  Mr.  Crane  says: 

S.  P.  Bagg,  Pres.;  A.  R.  Crane,  Sec.;  L.  P.  Crane,  Mgr. 

BLUE  BOOK  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 

Of  California. 
Office:   242  Wilcox  Block. 

LOS  ANGELES,   Cal.,  Sept.  7,   1897. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.:  Feeling 
grateful  for  services  rendered  me  in  case  of  serious  sickness,  I  beg 
to  add  to  the  long  list  of  cures  you  have  made  through  your  method 
of  treatment.  I  was,  as  you  know,  in  the  incipient  stages  of  typhoid 
fever,  having  been  unable  to  attend  to  my  business  for  several  weeks. 
Your  treatment  in  ten  days  entirely  removed  the  fever  and  brought 
my  whole  body  into  a  normal  state,  full  of  vigor  and  ambition. 

I  am  convinced  you  have  a  method  of  treatment  which  is  effec- 
tive and  which  leaves  no  bad  effects  through  the  system.  Science 
seems  to  have  almost  entirely  obliterated  the  old  methods  of  practice, 
and  is  giving  way  to  the  herb,  with  which,  I  believe,  the  Almighty 
intended  to  heal  the  countless  millions  of  suffering  humanity.  I  con- 
gratulate you  upon  your  success,  and  honor  the  ancient  school  of 
China,  with  its  thousand  years  of  ripe  experience.  Truth  is  all  pow- 
erful and  the  scoffer  cannot  down  it.  Very  truly  yours, 

L.  P.  CRANE, 
Ex-Deputy  Health  Officer,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  173 

STATEMENT   OF   A    REMARKABLE   CASE. 

LOS  ANGELES,  California,  October  21,  1897. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles — Gentlemen:  On 
the  15th  day  of  last  July  I  was  taken  sick  with  an  illness  which 
finally  becante  very  severe,  as  I  was  unable  to  leave  my  bed  for  nine 
weeks.  I  had  doctored  with  Dr.  Foo  on  a  former  occasion,  but,  not 
understanding  the  serious  condition  that  might  develop  from  the 
beginning  of  the  present  illness,  I  did  not  send  for  him  at  first,  but 
consulted  an  American  doctor.  I  had  at  this  time  a  great  deal  of 
pain,  but  no  fever  or  other  alarming  symptoms.  The  physician  whom 
I  called  was  unable  to  determine  exactly  what  the  trouble  was.  He 
said  that  it  was  very  obscure,  but  he  thought  that  it  was  a  gall-stone 
In  the  gall  bladder.  He  prescribed  for  me,  and  I  took  his  remedies 
for  five  days,  during  which  time  I  rapidly  grew  worse. 

Finding  that  I  was  getting  no  better,  and  this  doctor  having  done 
for  me  everything  that  seemed  to  be  in  his  power,  I  consulted  another 
doctor,  who  at  first  thought  I  had  typhoid  fever,  but  afterward  con- 
cluded that  it  was  a  case  of  appendicitis.  I  do  not  know  what  he 
treated  me  for,  but  I  do  know  that  he  gave  me  medicines  which  I 
took.  This  lasted  for  about  ten  days  longer,  when  the  physician 
frankly  informed  me  that  he  really  did  not  know  what  the  trouble 
was,  and  desired  to  consult  with  another  doctor.  But  my  husband 
and  friends  did  not  think  that  this  was  worth  while.  I  then  sent  for 
Dr.  Foo,  who  came  to  see  me.  At  this  timer  my  husband  and  friends 
had  entirely  given  me  up,  and  did  not  think  that  I  could  live  for 
twenty-four  hours.  When  he  saw  me,  Dr 
Foo  v  also  thought  that  the  case  had  reached 
a  point  where  it  had  become  very  serious,  and 
that  all  he  could  do  was  to  relieve  the  pain 
for  a  few  days  at  the  most.  However,  he 
gave  me  somedierb  teas,  which  I  commenced 
to  take  and  began  to  improve  from  the  very 
first  dose.  It  was  nearly  six  weeks,  however, 
fjjj  before  I  was  able  to  leave  my  bed,  as  I  had 
become  very  much  reduced  in  strength 
before  Dr.  Foo  prescribed  for  me. 
MRS.  PORTMAN.  i  have  been  taking  treatment  of  Dr.  Foo 


174  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

ever  since;  have  completely  regained  my  hea^h  and  look  and  feel  as 
well  as  ever  in  my  life. 

Both  I  myself  and  all  of  my  friends  believe  that  I  would  not  be 
alive  today  if  I  had  not  consulted  Dr.  Foo  and  received  help  from 
his  remedies. 

•Dr.  Foo  said  that  the  case* was  simply  a  slight  attack  of  malaria 
and  could  easily  have  been  cured  had  the  proper  remedies  been  given 
at  the  start.  MRS.  P.  N.  PORTMAN, 

231  North  Anderson  street. 

As  Mrs.  Portman's  nurse  during  the  illness  above  mentioned 
and  described,  I  know  that  all  the  particulars  herein  given  are  true, 
without  exaggeration,  as  therein  stated.  MRS.  E.  M.  BELL. 

We,  the  undersigned,  neighbors  and  friends  of  Mrs.  P.  N.  Port- 
man,  were  acquainted  with  the  circumstances  of  her  recent  severe 
Illness  and  hereby  certify  to  the  truth  of  the  above  statement  of 
those  circumstances. 

LOTTIE  BAHRES,  209  North  Anderson  street, 
MRS  C.  SEARS,  229  North  Anderson  street,  city. 


The  following  letter  is  from  Mrs.  A.  A.  Mayhew,  a  lady  who  has 
had  a  great  deal  of  experience  with  this  system  of  medicine.  She 
says: 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company:  Gentlemen — It  is  with  pleas- 
ure that  I  testify  to  the  prompt  and  speedy  cure  effected  by  the  use 
of  your  herbs.  I  have  been  subject  to  a  bronchial  cough  from  child- 
hood, which  of  late  years  has  confined  me  to  the  house  the  greater 
part  of  the  winter  season.  And  now,  at  the  age  of  78,  to  find  a  medi- 
cine which  will  in  the  winter  season,  even  when  accompanied  by  a 
severe  attack  of  la  grippe,  entirely  relieve  such  a  cough  and  leave  the 
system  in  a  vigorous  condition,  is  a  great  satisfaction. 

Respectfully, 

MRS.  A.  A.  MAYHEW. 
No.  4  Barnard  Park,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  January  31,  1897. 


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John  Motherspaw  of  San  Bernardino  writes: 

SAN  BERNARDINO,  Cal.,  May  15,  1897. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles:  Gentlemen — 
My  only  experience  with  Dr.  Foo's  method  of  treatment  was  very 
satisfactory  indeed,  as  it  cured  me  of  a  very  severe  attack  of  la 
grippe,  when  everything  else  that  I  had  tried  had  failed.  This  was 
in  January  of  this  year.  La  grippe  was  epidemic  in  this  part  of  the 
country  ;  and  many  people  were  dying  from  it  and  from  pneumonia, 
which  was  what  it  went  to  in  many  cases. 

After  I  was  taken  ill  I  tried  several  remedies,  but  kept  getting 
worse,  and  this  continued  for  two  or  three  weeks.  Everybody  knows 
what  this  disease  is,  so  that  I  need  not  try  to  tell  how  much  I  suf- 
fered from  it.  I  was  seriously  alarmed  at  my  condition,  and  when 
Dr.  Foo's  remedies  were  called  to  my  attention  I  concluded  to  try 
them  as  a  last  resort.  They  helped  me  at  once,  and  I  gradually 
became  better  until,  in  about  a  month,  I  was  entirely  well.  They  not 
only  cured  the  la  grippe,  but  they  seemed  to  help  me  in  other  ways, 
so  that,  at  the  end  of  the  course  of  treatment,  I  was  feeling  better 
than  I  had  felt  for  ten,  years  before.  JOHN  MOTHERSPAW. 


Following  is  an  additional  testimonial  on  this  subject: 

REDLANDS,  California,  October  4,  1897. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles:  Gentlemen — 
My  experience  with  Dr.  Foo  as  a  physician  has  been  very  satisfac- 
tory. About  two  years  ago  this  coming  December  I  took  a  very 
hard  cold,  which  settled  on  my  lungs  and  developed  into  a  troublesome 
cough.  I  tried  various  remedies  without  receiving  any  benefit.  After 
a  little  I  went 'to  Dr.  Foo  and  took  about  two  months'  treatment.  In 
that  time  my  cough  was  cured  and  my  lungs  since  then  have  been 
stronger  than  ever.  I  have  known  of  many  other  patients  who  have 
been  cured  <by  Dr.  Foo's  remedies. 

I  have  read  Dr.  Foo's  different  publications,  and  I  know  that  he 
Is  the  first  man  who  has  ever  explained  the  Chinese  System  of  Medi- 
cine for  the  benefit  of  the  American  people.  I  believe  that,  in  these 
publications,  he/  is  accomplishing  a  great  deal  of  good. 

F.  A.  M'CRARY. 


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The  following  is  brief,  but  to  the  point: 

CHICAGO,  111.,  May  16,  1897. 

This  is  to  certify  that  I  appreciate  with  heartfelt  thanks  the 
great  improvement  after  taking  treatment  from  T.  Foo  Yuen  for  the 
disease  of  bronchitis  and  la  grippe,  of  which  I  am  entirely  relieved. 
Advising  others  to  give  him  a  trial  which  I  think  will  prove  beneficial 
in  all  cases,  I  will  gratefully  remain,  Yours  truly, 

MRS.  JENNIE  SIMPSON, 

446  Medill  avenue,  Chicago,  111. 


Another   letter   of   similar   import: 

LOS  ANGELES,  Gal.,  May  12,  1897. 

After  a  severe  attack  of  la  grippe,  which  left  me  feeling  misera- 
ble, I  am  taking  Dr.  Foo's  medicine,  which  is  greatly  benefiting  me. 

Yours  truly,  MRS.  A.  M.  GARY,  Magnolia  avenue. 


AN   ATTACK   OF    PNEUMONIA   CURED. 

TEHACHAPI,  Kern  County,  Cal.,  Oct.  28,  1901. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.: 

Gentlemen — Your  cure  of  my  daughter  of  an  attack  of  pneumo- 
nia last  summer  is  a  splendid  illustration  of  what  your  remedies  can 
accomplish  in  acute  diseases.  The  child  is  now  about  seven  years 
of  age.  She  took  a  severe  cold  which  developed  into  a  very  high 
fever,  rapid  pulse,  extreme  weakness  and  all  the  symptoms  of  pneu- 
monia. 

Although  living  at  Tehachapi,  some  distance  from  Los  Angeles, 
we  knew  of  your  methods  of  treatment  and  at  once  decided  to  bring 
the  little  girl  to  you.  This  was  done  at  once.  You  stated  that  you 
would  try  your  best  remedies  and  thought  that  you  could  "grow  up 
the  natural  juices  of  the  body"  and  overcome  the  fever,  which  seemed 
to  be  burning  up  the  lungs.  Your  remedies  accomplished  this  in 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  177 

about  a  week,  when  the  child  was  able  to  sit  up,  and  in  another 
week  she  had  regained  much  of  her  strength.  We  continued  the  treat- 
ment for  about  six  weeks,  when  she  seemed  to  be  perfectly  well,  and 
has  remained  so  since. 

This  cure  of  a  disorder  which  is  usually  very  quickly  fatal  has 
ahown  us  that  your  remedies  are  just  as  effective  in  acute  cases  as  in 
those  that  are  chronic,  and  has  strengthened  the  confidence  which 
we  already  had  in  the  great  merits  of  your  herbal  remedies. 

ELLERT  M.  LOOMIS. 

The  child  above  referred  to  is  my  granddaughter.  I  am  familiar 
with,  the  facts  stated  and  know  that  they  are  true. 

C.  A.  LOOMIS, 
1430  Arapahoe  street,  Los  Angeles. 


CONVINCED   OF  THE    MERITS   OF   THE    SYSTEM. 

SAN  BERNARDINO;  California,  October  28,  1901. 

This  is  to  certify  that  I  was  cured  of  a  severe  cold  in  one  week's 
time  by  Dr.  Tom  Leong  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company.  I  con- 
sider the  Chinese  herbs  superior  to  all  other  remedies,  both  for 
acute  and  chronic  diseases,  and  I  recommend  them  to  all  sufferers. 

I  have  seen  the  effects  of  this  system  of  medicine  in  a  great  many 
cases,  having  known  a  number  of  the  patrons  of  the  Foo  and  Wing 
Herb  Company,  some  of  whom  were  afflicted  with  very  severe  and 
dangerous  ailments  which  had  been  pronounced  incurable  by  many 
physicians.  The  number  of  cures  that  I  have  seen,  about  which  there 
can  be  no  question  whatever,  has  fully  convinced  me  of  the  great 
merit  of  this  system  of  healing  by  purely  vegetable  remedies. 

W.  E.  BOTTOMS. 


CURED  OF  CHRONIC  SORE  THROAT. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  Nov.  26,  1901. 
To  Whom  This  May  Concern: 

I  have  been  suffering  with  sore  throat  for  over  twelve  years  and 
have  been  treated  by  ^  great  many  doctors,  but  none  could  cure  me, 


178  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

and  all  have  told  me  they  could  only  relieve  me.  Not  until  I  con- 
sulted Tom  Leong  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  could  I  get 
any  permanent  benefit.  After  taking  their  herbal  remedies  for  three 
weeks  I  was  entirely  cured.  And,  I  have  not  felt  any  more  symptoms 
of  the  sore  throat  since. 

This  treatment  has  also  done  me  a  great  deal  of  good  in  other 
ways,  and  I  can  highly  recommend  it  to  any  person  afflicted  with  any 
disease.  MRS.  L.  BACH. 

We  know  the  above  to  be  correct  in  every  respect. 

J.  BACH, 
MRS.  WM.  W.  PADRICK. 


FOUND  THE  TREATMENT   BENEFICIAL. 

LOS   ANGELES,   Cal.,   Oct.   12,   1901. 

This  is  to  certify  that  I  appreciate  with  heartfelt  thanks  the  great 
improvement  after  taking  three  months  treatment  from  Dr.  T.  Foo 
Yuen  for  the  headache,  from  which  I  had  suffered  for  twenty  years, 
and  had  tried  many  physicians  and  they  had  done  me  no  good;  and 
a  year  ago  I  took  a  heavy  cold  that  settled  on  my  lungs  and  devel- 
oped into  a  troublesome  cough.  I  could  not  sleep  at  night,  and  now 
I  am  entirely  relieved,  and  would  advise  others  to  give  him  a  trial, 
which  I  think  will  prove  beneficial  in  all  cases.  I  gratefully  remain, 

Yours  truly,  ALICE  PICO,  1538  Kerney  St. 


A  WORD  OF  APPRECIATION. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.  Oct.  26,  1901. 

This  is  to  certify  that  I  have  known  Dr.  Tom  Leong,  vice-president 
of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  'for  the  past  year  and  a  half. 
Myself  and  others  who  are  acquainted  with  Dr.  Tom  Leong  consider 
him  a  physician  of  unusual  ability,  well  versed  in  the  herbal  system 
of  medication  and  in  diagnosis  by  the  pulse,  and  a  valuable  member 
of  the  corporation  of  which  he  is  vice-president.  Although  he  has 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  179 

not  yet  been  as  long  in  this  country  as  his  brother,  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen, 
yet  he  is  already  establishing  an  excellent  reputation  for  the  treat- 
ment of  the  diseases  of  the  American  people. 

GEORGE  MILLER, 
2112  Enterprise  street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


CURED  OF  STOMACH  TROUBLE. 

DETROIT,  Mich., 
December  31,  1901. 

THE  FOO  AND  WING  HERB  CO.,  LOS  ANGELES: 

Gentlemen — I  was  suffering  with  stomach  trouble  and  general 
debility;  was  very  much  run  down  and  weighed  only  77  pounds,  when 
17  years  of  age.  I  was  treated  by  Drs.  T.  Foo  Yuen  and  Tom  Leong 
for  three  months  and  my  appetite  and  strength  returned  and  my 
weight  increased  to  125  pounds,  and  have  been  well  ever  since  and 
now  weigh  150  pounds.  My  eyes  were  too  weak  for  use,  but  are  in 
good  condition  now  and  am  attending  school  and  working  hard,  and 
my  old  complaints  have  entirely  left  me,  and  am  stronger  than  ever 
before  in  my  life.  I  shall  always  be  very  grateful  to  you  for  the  bene- 
fits of  your  treatment  and  gladly  recommend  it  to  any  who  are  suf- 
fering as  I  was.  There  is  certainly  something  in  your  herbal  reme- 
dies more  effective  than  the  mixtures  of  our  American  doctors,  whom 
I  have  tried  without  any  success. 

Yours  very  sincerely,, 

GEO.  B.  DANA. 

1026  Fourth  avenue. 


MALARIAL  POISONING. 


The  Origin  of  Many  Diseases— Microbes  that  Play  Havoc  with 
the  Human  Body— Views  of  a  Prominent  Physician  of  New 
York  City— A  Discussion  Thereof  by  a  Member  of  the 
Foo  &  Wing  Herb  Company — How  the  Oriental  System 
Cures  Malaria — The  Effects  of  Climatic  Influences  on 
Growing  Old  Early — Californians  at  a  Disadvantage- 
Illustrative  Cases. 


People  have  very  hazy  notions  about  malaria.  There  are  so 
many  symptoms  of  disease  that  doctors  ascribe  to  malaria  that  the 
mind  of  the  average  citizen  gets  confused.  The  common  understand- 
ing is  that  malaria  is  a  poison  produced  by  dampness  or  filth,  which 
finds  its  way  into  the  human  system  and  makes  trouble.  So  far  as  it 
goes,  this  understanding  of  malaria  is  correct.  But  it  does  not  tell  the 
whole  truth. 

The  New  York  Journal  in  a  recent  issue  wrote  up  the  subject 
of  malaria  in  connection  with  certain  improvements  that  were  being 
made  in  New  York,  during  the  progress  of  which  miles  of  streets  in 
the  most  fashionable  portion  of  the  city  were  torn  up.  The  Journal 
contended  that  this  wholesale  tearing  up  of  streets  would  inevitably 
give  rise  to  an  epidemic  of  malaria.  It  quoted,  in  support  of  this 
contention,  the  celebrated  physician,  Dr.  Cyrus  Edson,  and  took 
numerous  samples  of  earth  from  the  excavations  to  chemists,  who 
analyzed  them  and  reported  that  they  were  full  of  the  germs  of  dis- 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  181 

ease.  Illustrations  were  printed  of  these  germs,  enlarged  many 
times,  showing  the  terrible  little  monsters  which  enter  the  blood  and 
play  havoc  there.  Dr.  Edson  said:  "Malaria  is  the  one  ailment  that 
opens  the  gateway  of  the  system  to  disease  and  possible  death.  The 
germ  of  malaria  has  never  yet  been  found  outside  the  human  body, 
but  physicians  have  learned  that  it  always  makes  its  appearance 
when  such  a  state  of  affairs  exists  as  is  caused  by  a  condition  of  the 
streets  like  that  of  Fifth  avenue  and  in  other  sections  of  New  York." 
Among  the  diseases  that  follow  malaria  are  la  grippe,  typhoid  fever, 
consumption,  pneumonia,  diphtheria  and  cholera  infantum. 


THE    ORIENTAL    VIEW. 

Mr.  George  W.  Hazard,  a  gentleman  who  was  much  interested  in 
this  subject,  and  is  also  familiar  with  the  Oriental  System  of  Medicine 
and  the  opinions  of  Oriental  physicians  in  general,  took  a  copy  of 
the  Journal  to  one  of  the  members  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Com- 
pany, and  asked  his  opinion  on  Dr.  Edson's  views.  Knowing  that  the 
most  ancient  system  of  medical  practice  extant  among  men  is  usually 
found  to  be  in  harmony  with  the  most  advanced  and  modern  ideas 
upon  theoretical  points,  although  differing  radically  in  the  use  of 
remedial  agents,  Mr.  Hazard  was  curious  to  know  whether  this  fact 
would  hold  good  in  the  present  instance.  The  Oriental  physician 
emphatically  endorsed  the  opinion  of  the  great  New  York  physician, 
and  stated  that  he  himself  had  studied  the  bacilli  of  malaria  through 
the  use  of  the  microscope.  "Malaria  injures  the  people  in  many 
different  ways,  and  causes  many  different  forms  of  sickness,"  he 
said. 

THREE    FORMS    OF    MALARIAL    POISONING. 


"In  a  general  way,"  said  Dr.  Li  Wing,  "there  are  three  stages 
of  malarial  poisoning.  It  may  settle  in  the  skin,  in  the  flesh,  or  in 
the  nerves  and  muscles.  The  poison  is  easily  removed  from  the  skin; 
is  harder  to  remove  from  the  flesh,  and  is  hardest  of  all  to  remove 
when  it  settles  in  the  nerves  and  inner  tissues  of  the  muscles.  From 
these  it  frequently  attacks  the  vital  organs,  and  then  there  is  great 
difficulty  in  accomplishing  a  cure." 


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THE  PROPER   REMEDIES. 


"Dr.  Edson,"  Mr.  Hazard  remarked,  "makes  no  mention  of  a 
means  of  cure.  He  describes  the  poison  and  tells  what  it  will  do, 
but  he  does  not  tell  how  to  get  rid  of  it.  What  are  your  ideas  on 
that  subject?" 

"I  think,"  was  the  reply,  "that  most  doctors  treat  malarial 
troubles  with  quinine.  In  some  cases  there  may  be  relief  from  qui- 
nine. In  others  there  is  none.  Remedies  are  needed  which  will 
drive  the  poison  out  of  the  blood  and  the  nerves  and  tissues,  and 
send  it  back  to  the  skin,  and  then  it  will  disappear.  But  quinine 
does  not  have  this  expansive  power.  It  acts  just  the  opposite  way. 
It  tends  to  bring  everything  inward,  to  contract.  The  vitality  of  the 
patient  must  also  be, aroused,  so  that  his  natural  powers  of  resistance 
to  the  disease  will  work  in  harmony  with  the  remedies  given.  The 
best  remedies  for  this  purpose  are  the  herbal  remedies,  because  they 
assist  all  the  vital  organs  and  work  the  poison  out  of  the  body." 


CHILLS   AND   FEVER. 


"Why  do  people  suffering  from  the  ague  first  have  a  chill  and  then 
have  fever?"  Mr.  Hazard  inquired. 

"This  is  a  conflict  between  the  vitality  of  the  patient  and  the 
poison  of  malaria.  When  the  poison  is  the  stronger  there  is  a  chill 
and  depression  of  the  vital  forces.  Their  action  is  so  far  hindered 
that  the  body  cannot  keep  itself  warm.  When  nature  arouses  all  her 
strength  to  expel  the  poison,  inflammation  or  fever  is  caused.  In 
this  condition  the  natural  power  is  the  heat  which  goes  through  all 
the  nerves,  the  muscles  anc1  the  pores  of  the  body.  When  the  poison 
wins  there  are  chills;  when  the  natural  power  wins,  there  is  fever. 
If  the  fever  comes  first  and  is  followed  by  a  chill,  that  shows  that 
there  is  not  strength  or  vitality  enough  to  fight  against  the  poison, 
and  that  the  poison  is  getting  too  strong  a  hold  upon  the  body. 
These  cases  are  very  difficult  to  cure.  We  treated  many  cases  of 
this  sort  in  San  Francisco,  many  of  whom  came  from  Florida,  from 
Boston,  New  York,  Chicago  and  other  large  eastern  cities.  The  cli- 
mate of  the  east  is  more  severe  than  that  of  California,  and  the  forms 
of  malaria  resulting  therefrom  are  also  more  severe." 


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MALARIA   AND   CLIMATE. 

"How  does  the  climate  of  California  differ  from  that  of  other 
etates?"  asked  Mr.  Hazard. 

"The  weather  of  California  is  clearer  and  softer,"  was  the  reply. 
"The  malaria  originating  here  is  less  destructive  and  there  is  less 
of  the  ague  form.  Still  there  is  some.  The  cold  nights  of  our  sum- 
mers keep  the  malarial  poison  in  check.  If  it  were  not  for  these 
there  would  be  much  more  of  this  sort  of  sickness,  because  heat  gives 
rise  to  malaria  as  well  as  dampness.  The  climate  of  California  has 
many  advantages,  but  it  has  some  disadvantges.  In  one  day,  even  in 
this  State,  there  are  many  changes  which  come  quickly,  and  there  is 
a  great  difference  between  the  temperatures  of  the  morning  and  the 
night  and  between  day  and  night,  and  these  sudden  changes  cause 
people  to  take  cold  very  easily.  The  dryness  in  the  atmosphere 
affects  the  skin,  and  the  dry  south  wind  which  blows  so  much  of  the 
time  affects  the  oil  in  the  skin  of  the  face. 

ON  GROWING  OLD  EARLY. 

"The  people  of  this  State  look  old  sooner  than  they  do  in  the 
East.  There  is  eight  or  nine  years'  difference  in  the  appearance  of 
the  ladies  as  between  California  and  the  East,  and  the  difference 
is  in  favor  of  the  Eastern  ladies.  People  in  the  East  who  are  40 
years  old  look  younger  than  those  of  30  in  California.  This  is  largely 
because  of  climatic  conditions,  a  result  of  the  dryness  of  the  atmos- 
phere. This  is  also  largely  influenced  by  diet.  The  people  of  Cali- 
fornia do  not  care  for  boiled  and  steamed  meats,  which  keep  the 
natural  juices  of  the  body  good  and  control  the  natural  heat.  They 
eat  too  much  roast  and  fried  meat.  For  this  reason  there  is  too  much 
heat  in  the  system  and  this  also  causes  the  people  to  look  old  early. 

"If  the  people  of  California  would  use  steamed  meats,  rice  and 
similar  foods  they  would  help  the  gastric  juices  and  keep  the  skin 
soft  all  of  the  time.  Then  they  would  not  look  old  so  early  in  life. 
This  is  the  way  the  Chinese  in  San  Francisco  retain  their  youthful 
appearance.  None  of  them  look  old  early  except  those  who  are 
addicted  to  opium.  Their  diet  is  wholesome  and  when  they  are  a 
little  ill  and  are  required  to  take  medicines,  instead  of  taking  stimu- 
lants and  concentrated  substances  which  create  fever  in  the  human 


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body,  they  use  vegetable  remedies  which  promote  the  flow  of  natural 
juices  and  assist  the  action  of  the  vital  organs.  This  keeps  the  skin 
smooth  and  soft  and  full  of  natural  oils.  The  wrinkles  of  age  and  ill 
health  are  prevented.  The  man  continues  young.  The  whole  secret 
is  in  a  healthful  diet  and  a  harmless  system  of  medication. 

TYPICAL   CASES   OF    MALARIA. 

"The  same  reasoning  applies  to  many  diseases,  and  especially  to 
malaria.  If  the  body  is  kept  in  a  healthful  condition  by  proper  food 
it  will  resist  the  attacks  of  the  microbes  which  cause  the  malarial 
poisoning.  And  if  this  disease  has  once  become  seated,  remedies 
must  be  given  which  will  cleanse  the  system  and  make  it  normal. 
Take  the  case  of  John  Myers  of  this  city.  His  sickness  commenced 
from  malaria.  He  had  chills  and  fever.  Afterward  the  poison  set- 
tled in  the  bowels  and  from  these  went  to  the  feet  so  that  he  could 
not  walk;  but  after  it  had  gone  to  his  feet  he  had  no  more  chills  and 
fever;  still  it  was  the  same  poison.  Our  treatment  and  remedies 
cleansed  the  poison  out  of  his  system  and  removed  it  entirely  through 
the  skin,  and  also  caused  the  natural  juices  to  grow  and  to  control 
the  inflammation.  After  two  months'  treatment  he  commenced  to 
walk,  and  was  soon  able  to  walk  half  a  block  without  his  crutches, 
for  the  first  time  in  two  years.  This  showed  that  the  poison  had 
been  compelled  to  release  its  hold  upon  the  nerves  and  muscles,  thus 
permitting  them  to  do  their  work  again. 

"James  Campbell  lives  at  San  Bernardino,  in.  a  hot  climate.  Never- 
theless he  contracted  malaria  through  working  among  the  trees  and 
fruits.  After  irrigation  or  a  rain  or  a  fog  the  heat  of  the  sun  caused 
rapid  evaporation  of  the  moisture  in  the  earth  and  produced  malaria 
in  the  atmosphere.  Mr.  Campbell  was  ill  for  ten  years,  at  first  with 
chills  and  fever,  afterwards  with  rheumatism.  Quinine  and  similar 
remedies  checked  the  chills,  but  did  not  remove  the  poison,  and  he 
was  never  well  until  after  a  course  of  our  remedies  had  expelled  the 
poison  from  his  system. 

"Thomas  Stewart  of  Redlands  contracted  malaria  from  improper 
diet.  Too  much  fried  and  roast  meats  created  inflammation  which 
caused  an  excessive  desire  for  raw  fruits  and  cold  water.  These 
caused  a  chill  and  dampness  in  the  system  which  joined  with  the 
existing  inflammation  in  making  trouble.  He  first  seemed  to  have  a 


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185 


cold  and  then  a  fever.  Then  the  poison  went  to  his  feet  and  caused 
them  to  swell.  He  could  not  bear  the  weight  of  a  fly  upon  them  or 
the  jarring  of  a  person  walking  past  his  bed.  He  took  a  great  deal 
of  medicine,  which  only  made  him  worse,  and  he  came  very  near 
dying.  Our  herb  teas  cured  him.  We  treated  him  only  for  malaria, 
although,  in  his  case,  the  trouble  did  not  arise  from  changes  in  the 
weather  or  climate.  By  using  the  microscope  we  find  in  such  cases 
the  same  conditions  in  the  blood,  saliva  and  other  secretions  as  in 
cases  of  malaria  from  climatic  changes.  The  pulse  is  also  the  same. 
In  either  case  the  accumulations  of  poison  in  the  system  must  be 
removed  before  there  can  be  any  improvement." 

The   following   letters    illustrate   the    points   brought   out   in   the 
above  article.    The  first  one  shows  a  cure  of 

A    REMARKABLE    CASE    OF    PARALYSIS. 

1412  North  Main  street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  October  18,  1897. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles: 

Gentlemen — Two  years  and  four  months  ago  I  was  taken  with  an 


186  POO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

attack  of  la  grippe,  which  was  followed  by  chills  and  fever.  The  fever 
kept  on  for  months.  During  the  first  three  weeks  I  had  two  physi- 
cians, who  did  what  they  could  do  for  me,  but  with  so  little  effect 
that  I  completely  lost  the<  use  of  my  limbs,  at  the  end  of  three  weeks, 
and  was  confined  to  my  bed.  I  could  not  help  myself  at  all  and  was 
fed  by  others.  For  two  months  I  was  not  expected  to  live. 

At  the  end  of  the  first  month  I  secured  a  new  physician  who 
prescribed  principally  morphine  and  strychnine.  I  took  a  solution 
of  the  latter  drug  in  quantities  amounting  to  ninety  drops  a  day,  and 
three  doses  of  morphine  every  night,  a  grain  and  a  half  at  a  does, 
which  was  required  to  give  me  any  rest  at  all.  In  all  I  had  eleven 
different  physicians,  and  also  spent  ten  days  at  the  county  hospital, 
but  while  there  I  took  no  medicine  worth  mentioning,  although  I  had 
good  care  and  nursing. 

I  finally  recovered  far  enough  to  leave  my  bed,  but  went  on 
crutches,  which  I  have  been  compelled  to  use  for  about  two  years. 
May  25th  of  the  present  year  I  went  to  the  hot  springs  at  San  Juan 
Capistrano.  I  remained  there  for  three  months  and  took  the  hot 
sulphur  baths.  I  received  some  benefit  from  this  treatment,  but  was 
not  cured. 

Seven  weeks!  ago  I  commenced  your  treatment  and  have  received 
more  benefit  in  this  period  of  seven  weeks  than  in  all  of  the  previous 
doctoring  and  hot  springs  treatment.  I  can  now  walk  about  half  a 
block  without  my  crutches,  and  am  better  in  every  way.  I  have 
gained  in  both  strength  and  weight,  and  my  appetite  is  now  good,  for 
the  first  time  since  I  was  first  taken  sick. 

My  different  doctors  called  my  trouble  muscular  rehumatism,  par- 
alysis, nervous  debility  and  various  other  things.  Your  physicians 
considered  it  a  slight  stroke  of  paralysis,  and  their  diagnosis  has  cer- 
tainly been  shown  to  be  correct  by  the  results  of  their  prescriptions. 
All  of  my  friends  are  astonished  at  the  progress  that  I  have  made  in 
the  past  few  weeks.  JOHN  MYERS. 

COMPLICATIONS    RESULTING    FROM    MALARIA. 

REDLANDS,  Gal.,  October  4,  1897. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles: 

Gentlemen — I  feel  that  my  long  acquaintance  with  Dr.  Foo  Justi- 
fies me  in  speaking  very  positively  of  his  success  in  curing  disease. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  187 

I  first  became  acquainted  with  him  something  over  two  years  ago, 
when  I  consulted  him  through  the  advice  of  friends  in  Redlands  who 
had  been  cured  by  him  of  different  diseases,  and  knew  what  he 
could  do.  I  had  then  been  sick  for  ten  years  and  had  given  up  all 
hopes  of  ever  recovering,  or  of  receiving  help  from  physicians  or  from 
medicines.  Dr.  Foo  diagnosed  my  case  as  an  accumulation  of  poisons 
in  the  system  which  involved  the  stomach,  bowels,  liver  and  spleen, 
the  last  mentioned  organ  being  very  badly  affected.  These  troubles 
were  complicated  by  catarrh  of  twenty-six  years'  standing.  I  had 
often  been  treated  for  this  difficulty,  but  had  never  received  any 
benefit. 

After  talking  with  Dr.  Foo  I  commenced  to  take  his  remedies, 
and  continued  them  for  seven  months.  When  I  commenced  I  was 
so  weak  that  I  could  not  even  unlace  my  own  shoes,  and  could  do  no 
work  whatever.  In  seven  weeks  from  the  commencement  of  my 
treatment  I  was  able  to  work.  I  kept  on  getting  stronger  and  better, 
was  entirely  cured  at  the  end  of  the  seven  months,  and  have  been 
at  work  ever  since  upon  my  ranch.  I  am  satisfied  that  I  would  not 
have  found  any  help  for  my  troubles  if  I  had  not  consulted  Dr.  Foo. 

JAMES  CAMPBELL. 
A    NEWSPAPER    MAN    GIVES    HIS   OPINION. 

The  following  letter  is  from  a  gentleman  who  has  seen  a  great 
deal  of  the  world  on  both  sides  of  the  water,  and  was  formerly  in 
active  business  life  in  London  as  a  writer  for  and  publisher  of  news- 
papers. He  has  now  become  a  permanent  resident  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, and  lives  at  present  in  Riverside.  Mr.  Wilson  says: 

261  East  Tenth  street,  Riverside,  Cal.,  Sept.  4,  1896. 
Dear  Sir:  I  beg  to  add  my  mite  of  testimony  to  that  of  others 
who  have  derived  benefit  from  Dr.  Foo's  treatment.  I  had  been  suf- 
fering from  the  ill  effects  of  malarial  poisoning  for  some  time,  and 
was  persuaded  by  people  who  had  been  cured  under  the  herbal  treat- 
ment to  give  Dr.  Foo  a  trial,  which  I  did.  I  am  still  taking  the 
medicine,  and  have  derived  considerable  benefit  during  the  short 
time  I  have  been  under  the  doctor's  care.  I  have  gained  fifteen 
pounds  in  weight  during  the  two  months  I  have  taken  the  treatment. 

Yours  truly,  A.  WILSON. 


188  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

ANOTHER    CASE    OF     PARALYSIS     CURED. 

The  following  letter  explains  itself.     It  is  a  convincing  proof  of 
what  the  herbal  remedies  can  accomplish  in  extreme  cases: 

SANTA  PAULA,  Gal.,  July  18,  1899. 
To  Whom  it  May  Concern: 

This    is   to   certify   that    I    was    a   sufferer   from    paralysis    from 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  189 

November,  1897,  to  September,  1898.  I  tried  all  sorts  of  appliances 
and  external  remedies,  such  as  electricity,  and  also  consulted  the 
best  doctors  in  San  Francisco  and  Fresno,  California,  and  in  New 
Orleans,  La.  None  of  these  did  me  any  good,  and  I  gave  up  all  hopes 
of  ever  walking  again,  and  did  not  expect  to  live  long.  In  September, 
1898,  I  heard  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  and  also  read  the 
book  published  by  this  company  which  impressed  me  very  much.  I 
was  impressed  by  what  was  said  of  the  purely  herbal  treatment,  as  I 
had  taken  no  medicines  up  to  this  time  except  strychnine  and  arsenic, 
which  had  poisoned  my  system  almost  beyond  help. 

Dr.  Foo  gave  me  a  pulse  diagnosis  and  described  my  condition, 
but  would  not  promise  to  cure  me.  But  I  commenced  the  treatment 
and  can  now  say  that,  under  God,  I  owe  an  almost  complete  recovery 
to  this  herbal  treatment  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen.  I 
am  confident  of  a  permanent  and  lasting  cure  in  the  end.  I  make  this 
statement  in  the  hope  that  others  suffering  as  I  have  suffered  will 
grasp  the  opportunity  to  try  what  I  believe  to  be  the  only  true  medi- 
cines, pure,  healing  roots  and  herbs.  W.  T.  DENISON. 

We,  the  undersigned,   know  the  above  statement  to  be  true  in 
every  respect. 
W.  J.  Dechman,  P.  B.  Fulton,  C.  W.  Park,  S.  D.  Cochran  and  Mrs.  H. 

A.  Barr,  all  of  Dinuba,  California. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

THE  CAUSES  AND  CURE  OF  ASTHMA. 

There  are  many  things  which,  will  produce  asthma,  and  the  sub- 
ject is  too  large  to  discuss  in  full  within  the  compass  of  a  brief 
chapter. 

The  first  cause  of  asthma  is  living  in  a  low,  wet  place.  The  air 
about  such  places  is  damp  and  causes  malaria,  which  goes  through 
the  atmosphere.  Then  the  air  becomes  heavy  and  too  damp,  and 
this  being  taken  into  the  lungs,  remains  in  them  in  a  heavy,  dark 
vapor,  like  fog.  People  who  are  born  in  such  damp  districts  do  not 
feel  the  same  bad  effects  as  those  who  move  into  them  from  other 
sections,  because  they  have  become  accustomed  to  breathing  this 
damp  air  and  it  does  not  hurt  them  so  much.  It  is  natural  for  them, 
and  does,  not  hurt  their  systems  at  all.  If  a  person  of  a  strong  con- 
stitution goes  to  live  in  such  a  place,  for  the  first  few  months  he  will 
feel  a  little  bit  weak  in  the  lungs.  But  after  the  first  few  months 
the  system  becomes  adapted  to  the  weather  and  the  lungs  become 
as  strong  again  as  before.  The  damp1  air  disappears,  and  there  is  no 
sickness.  But  one  whose  lungs  are  naturally  weak  cannot  take  care 
of  the  damp  air.  At  first  the  damp  air  in  the  lungs  is  lighter,  looks 
like  a  fog,  then  it  condenses  and  becomes  congealed  and  irritates 
the  lungs,  forming  phlegm.  There  is  a  discharge  from  the  nostrils 
as  in  catarrh,  and,  if  it  continues  for  some  time,  the  lungs  become 
weaker  and  the  person  takes  cold  easily. 

When  a  person  in  this  condition  takes  cold  there  is  at  once  inflam- 
mation in  the  lungs,  which  dries  up  the  phlegm  in  the  cells  of  the 
lungs.  This  congeals  harder  than  ever,  like  a  little  round  nut.  It 
looks  exactly  like  a  young  bee  in  the  honey  comb.  It  stops  up  the 
cells  of  the  lungs,  and  a  case  of  asthma  is  the  result. 


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A  second  cause  of  asthma  is  taking  cold  in  any  way  which  causes 
inflammation  in  the  lungs  and  a  cough,  if  the  doctors  do  not  under- 
stand how  to  throw  it  off  and  remove  it  through  the  skin.  If  they 
simply  use  a  strong  medicine  to  relieve  the  cold,  and  the  inflamma/- 
tion  from  the  cold  goes  into  the  lungs  and  poison  from  the  medicine 
settles  there  also,  then  there  is  a  double  trouble,  which  takes  a  strong 
hold  upon  the  lungs  and  produces  asthma.  Many  cases  of  this  sort 
have  come  to  our  company  and  have  been  cured.  Some  people  who 
come  to  us  say,  "I  have  had  pneumonia,  which  makes  my  asthma 
worse,"  and  others  say,  "I  had  la  grippe  ten  years  ago,  and  since 
then  I  have  had  "asthma,"  and  some  say  that  they  have  taken  a  very 
bad  cold,  and  have  had  a  fever,  which  caused  asthma;  some  say  that 
they  have  had  asthma  since  they  had  an  attack  of  malarial  fever.  All 
of  these  cases  show  that  poisonous  remedies  were  used  to  cure  the 
colu  or  other  disease;  that  these  poisoned  medicines  were  left  in  the 
system  and  that  they  caused  the  asthma. 

Third,  cases  of  asthma  arise  from  eating  too  much  fried  and 
roasted  meat,  and  constantly  eating  food  that  is  too  strong  and  too 
greasy.  From  this  cause  inflammation  comes,  and  this  inflammation 
causes  an  excessive  desire  for  drinks  and  for  raw  fruits.  In  this  way 
too  much  cold  air  is  taken  into  the  system,  and  this  dampness  and 
the  inflammation  work  together  in  causing  trouble.  Then  the  stom- 
ach produces  phlegm  and  there  is  heartburn.  Then  the  phlegm  from 
the?  stomach  becomes  very  thick.  It  goes  through  the  diaphragm  and 
settles  in  the  lungs,  and  so  produces  asthma. 

Fourth,  some  people  contract  asthma  as  a  result  of  venereal  poi- 
soning. They  take  mineral  remedies  to  cure  this,  such  as  mercury, 
etc.  This  goes  through  the  lungs,  near  the  spine,  and  causes  asthma. 

Fifth,  some  people  take  an  ordinary  cold,  which  causes  a  cough 
to  goj  through  the  lungs.  The  patients  do  not  pay  sufficient  attention 
to  abstain  from  eating  and  drinking,  and  take  too  much  greasy  food, 
and  soups  made  from  strong  meats.  They  feel  a  little  thirsty  and 
they  eat  an  excessive  amount  of  meat  soups,  partly  to  relieve  the 
thirst.  This  food  is  too  strong  under  the  circumstances,  and  affects 
the  lungs  easily.  It  goes  through  the  lungs  more  quickly  and  pene- 
trates deeper  than  anything  else.  It  closes  up  the  pores  of  the 
lungs,  and,  little  by  little,  gives  rise  to  asthma.  Every  day,  also,  the 
spleen  extracts  juices  from  the  stomach,  which  are  sent  to  the  lungs 
by  the  power  of  the  spleen,  but  if  the  pores  of  the  lungs  are  closed 
they  cannot  take  up  these  juices,  which  become  phlegm;  then  there  is 


192  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

a  cough,  and  the  asthma  becomes  worse.  If  the  person's  constitution 
is  strong,  as  in  some)  people,  and  nature  has  a  little  time  to  help  the 
system,  then  all  the  sound  pores  of  the  lungs  are  opened  again  and 
become  clear,  and  the  cough  will  stop;  but  if  it  has  settled  near  the 
windpipe  the  phlegm  congeals  so  hard  and  the  pores  are  shut  up  so 
tightly  that  there  then  arises  a  case  of  light  asthma.  But  still  it  is 
not  so  severe  as  to  endanger  life.  But  if  the  constitution  is  weak 
and  does  not  respond  to  the  help  of  nature,  then  the  pores  of  the 
lungs  are  closed  and  cannot  open  again;  then  the  lungs  have  no  juices 
to  wet  the  lower  parts,  then  the  liver  and  kidneys  become  dry  and 
burn  the  lungs  out,  little  by  little,  and  the  lungs  grow  smaller  and 
drier  all  the  time.  This  brings  on  asthma  and  sometimes  consump- 
tion, which  is  often  incurable. 

But,  if  sickness  of  this  sort,  in  its  early  stages,  is  treated  by 
the  herbal  remedies,  to  throw  off  the  cold  and  clear  out  the  phlegm; 
and  if  the  patient  is  also  very  careful  about  his  eating  and  drinking, 
lets  meat  and  meat  soups  and  other  strong  foods  alone,  even  if  he 
feels  very  weak  for  a  little  while,  then  the  cough  will  be  free,  the 
phlegm  will  be  clean  and  the  pores  of  the  lungs  will  be  clear,  and 
there  will  be  no  case  of  asthma.  If  meats  are  taken  at  all  during 
such  illness,  they  should  be  eaten  dry,  and  soups  should  be  avoided. 
Then  the  pores  of  the  lungs  will  not  be  locked  up  so  deeply.  But 
even  light  soups  lock  up  the  pores  of  the  lungs  very  quickly  and  very 
tight.  This  is  a  good  point  for  every  body  to  understand  and  remem- 
ber. 

Sixth,  a  tendency  to  asthma  is  frequently  inherited  from  the  par- 
ents. There  is  no  hardened  phlegm  as  in  some  of  these  other  cases,  but 
there  is  what  we  may  call  a  phlegm  poison  in  the  lungs  which 
comes  from  the  father  or  the  mother,  and  settles  in  the  wind- 
pipe, a  part  of  the  lungs  being  covered  with  it,  like  a  stone  covered 
with  moss.  The  poison  looks  like  the  moss  on  a  stone.  And  there 
are  plenty  of  spots  like  this  through  the  lungs.  If  the  constitution 
of  the  person  is  weak,  there  will  be '  a  great  many  of  these  spots, 
and  they  will  keep  growing  bigger  all  the  time  until  they  take 
possession  of  the  lungs,  which  lose  their  functions.  In  these  cases 
the  child  usually  dies  young.  In  others,  where  there  is  a  strong 
constitution,  or  even  a  nature  that  is  of  medium  strength,  if,  while 
the  patient  is  still  young,  he  takes  our  herbal  remedies  every  time 
he  has  an  attack  of  the  asthma,  taking  herb  teas  and  pills  alternately, 
then  he  will  get  better.  If  he  takes  the  medicine  for  a  month  or 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  193 

two  to  get  rid  of  poison,  and,  when  the  trouble  comes  again,  takes 
another  course  the  same  as  before  and  gets  better  again,  and  so  con- 
tinues, taking  a  little  course  of  medicine  at  each  attack,  after  a  time 
the  poison  will  keep  getting  less  and  less,  and  the  spots  throughout 
the  lungs  will  keep  growing  smaller  until  the  child  reaches  the  age 
of  maturity.  At  this  time  his  whole  body  grows  very  fast,  and 
the  poison,  if  his  system  is  pure  and  in  good  order,  will  all  disappear. 
He  will  never  have  asthma  again  all  his  life.  Li  Po  Tai,  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, cured  a  great  many  cases  of  this  sort. 


A  TYPICAL  CASE  OF  ASTHMA  CURED. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.  October  21,  1897. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles. 

Gentlemen:  I  have  been  greatly  troubled  with  asthma  for  the 
past  ten  months.  Previous  to  this  I  had  been  at  work  unloading 
coal  from  box  cars  for  about  three  years.  The  dust  from  the  freight 
hurt  me,  and  I  also  frequently  took  cold  from  sweating  at  my  work, 
and  then  cooling  too  quickly.  I  had  some  difficulty  with  my  lungs  for 
two  or  three  years.  Finally  it  developed  into  a  case  of  confirmed 
asthma. 

For  nine  months  I  could  not  lie  down  at  all,  but  slept  sitting 
in  a,  rocking  chair.  I  was  entirely  exhausted  and  could  not  walk  half 
a  block.  I  lost  nearly  a;  year's  work  through  sickness.  I  tried  differ- 
ent doctors  for  about  a  year  before  going  to  Dr.  Foo,  but  had  no 
relief  whatever. 

About  two  months  ago  I  consulted  Dr.  Foo.  I  then  weighed  only 
118  pounds.  I  commenced  to  gain  in  about  a  week  after  beginning 
the  treatment.  In  two  or  three  weeks  I  could  lie  down  to  sleep.  In 
two  weeks  I  went  back  to  my  former  work  for  the  Diamond  Coal 
Company.  I  can  now  do  as  good  a  day's  work  as  ever,  feel  as  strong 
as  ever,  and  weigh  132  pounds.  My  health  has  improved  in  every 
way. 

My  residence  is  at  No.  227  N.  Anderson,  and  is  next  to  that  of 
Mrs.  P.  W.  Portman.  I  heard  of  her  recent  very  severe  illness.  I 
knew  that  her  doctors  gave  her  up,  and  that  all  of  her  family  and 
friends  expected  that  she  would  die  within  a  few  days.  Dr.  Foo 


194  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

cured  her  in  a  few  week's  treatment.  I  knew  of  this  case  and 
decided  that  the  herbal  treatment  was  the  proper  thing  for  me  if 
it  could  accomplish  such  wonders  as  that.  The  result  in  my  own 
case  is  a  surprise  to  all  of  my  friends  and  acquaintances,  many  of 
whom  thought  I  would  not  live  very  long.  Very  truly  yours, 

J.  N.  SEARS. 


A    CASE   SIMILAR  TO    THE   ABOVE. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  August  28,  1897. 
To  Whom  it  May  Concern: 

I  take  pleasure  in  giving  a  voluntary  statement  of  my  experi- 
ence with  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen's  skill  in  the  treatment  of  disease.  I  was 
taken  severely  ill  last  fall,  as  I  thought  from  taking  cold,  but  the 
exact  nature  of  the  difficulty  I  did  not  understand.  I  could  not  sleep 
on  account  of  great  distressing  in  breathing.  I  also  had  serious 
bronchial  difficulty  and  pains  in  the  breast  and  shoulders.  I  con- 
sulted several  physicians  of  Los  Angeles,  who  pronounced  the  case 
consumption,  and  advised  me  to  go  to  Arizona,  or  Old  Mexico  at 
once. 

As  I  had  already  had  some  experience  with  the  Chinese  system 
of  medicine  with  the  celebrated  doctor,  Li  Po  Tai,  I  determined  to 
try  it  again  before  going  to  another  state  or  county,  and  went  to  see 
Dr.  T.  Foo 'Yuen,  of  whom  I  had  heard  very  favorable  reports.  After 
a  careful  diagnosis  Dr.  Foo  informed  me  that  my  case  was  one  of  bad 
blood  poisoning,  and  not  of  consumption.  The  blood  rushed  to  the 
lungs  and  caused  asthma.  I  commenced  his  treatment,  and  in  a  very 
few  days  the  dreadful  spasmodic  breathing  which  had  prevented  me 
from  sleeping,  disappeared  entirely.  In  two  weeks  I  discontinued 
the  treatment,  and  have  never  had  a  touch  of  the  trouble  since. 
This  may  seem  incredible  to  some,  but  I  state  tne  exact  truth,  and 
many  of  my  friends  are  familiar  with  the  circumstances  and  can 
testify  to  my  complete  cure. 

MRS.  HELEN  W.  COE,  316  W.  Seventh  street. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  195 

A    PERMANENT  CURE   OF   A    DIFFICULT   CASE. 


We  ask  the  careful  reading  of  the  following  letter,  particularly 
because  it  shows  that  the  benefits  to  be  derived  from  our  treatment 
are  permanent  and  result  in  a  lasting  cure  and  general  strengthen- 
ing of  the  body: 

REDLANDS,  Cal.,  Sept.  5,  1896. 
To  Whom  it  May  Concern; 

January  1,  1895,  I  gave  a  testimonal  to  Dr.  Foo  in  reference  to 
his  very  successful  treatment  of  my  case.  I  am  now  ready,  some 
twenty  months  afterwards,  to  repeat  what  I  said  at  that  time  and 
to  confirm  the  very  favorable  report  that  I  then  made  of  Dr.  Foo's 
remarkable  skill.  My  case  was  somewhat  peculiar.  I  had  been 
troubled  for  years  with  asthma.  I  had  spent  hundreds  of  dollars 
in  different  places,  east  and  west,  with  different  doctors  whose  treat- 
ment hardly  gave  even  temporary  relief  and  no  permanent  benefit 
whatever.  I  kept  growing  worse  until  I  was  so  weak  that  I  could  not 
even  get  out  of  my  buggy  without  help. 

About  this  time,  May,  1893,  I  heard  of  Dr.  Foo's  skill.  I  was  told 
about  his  pulse  examinations,  and  thought  that  I  would  try  him  as 
a  last  resort.  He  examined  my  pulse  and  gave  me  a  test  treatment 
and  then  told  me  that  I  could  be  cured.  I  continued  the  treatment 
for  six  weeks,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time,  through  the  temporary 
effects  of  the  medicines,  I  felt  worse  than  when  I  commenced,  and 
stopped  the  medicines.  I  also  told  a  great  many  people  that  Dr.  Foo 
was  a  quack  and  a  humbug. 

After  a  few  days,  however,  I  began  to  feel  the  good  effects  of 
the  medicines,  and  I  soon  saw  that  I  had  made  a  great  mistake 
in  stopping  the  treatment,  as  it  was  the  first  thing  which  had  done 
me  any  good.  I  asked  the  doctor  to  treat  me  again.  He  was  at 
first  reluctant  to  do  so,  but  finally  consented,  and  gave  me  treat- 
ment for  eight  weeks  more.  At  the  end  of  that  time  I  was  a  new 
man.  My  strength  gradually  returned.  I  can  now  handle  the  sledge 
hammer  as  I  did  in  my  younger  days.  I  continued  to  grow  stronger 
for  some  time  and  have  felt  better  since  my  recovery  than  before  I 
was  sick.  JOHN  M'INTOSH. 


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LETTER  FROM  MRS.  STRONG. 

The   Foo,   Wing  Herb   Co.: 

Gentlemen:  The  first  1  knew  about  Dr.  Foo's  skill  was  in  a  case 
of  diphtheria.  A  young  girl  in  my  house  had  this  disease,  and  I 
was  much  alarmed  for  fear  my  family  would  take  it.  Dr.  Foo  said 
that  he  would  give  me  medicine  that  would  prevent  it.  He  did 
so;  none  of  us  took  the  disease,  although  I  had  a  very  sore  throat 
when  I  went  to  him.  His  medicines  cured  it  so  quickly  that  it 
seemed  wonderful.  I  then  began  taking  the  herbal  treatment.  I  had 
had  bronchitis  for  over  twenty  years,  and  asthma  for  a  longer  period, 
but  the  doctor's  medicines  have  cured  me  of  both  these  diseases.  I 
also  had  chronic  rheumatism;  in  fact,  almost  all  the  diseases  aris- 
ing from  poisoned  blood;  but  whenever  I  went  to  Dr.  Foo  he  had  the 
remedies  on  hand,  and  they  never  failed  to  do  the  work  promptly 
and  well.  I  have  taken  medicine  from  a  great  many  physicians,  but 
Dr.  Foo  is  the  only  one  whose  medicines  never  failed,  and  I  do  not 
remember  of  the  medicines  ever  failing  in  a  single  instance  to 
accomplish  the  work  for  which  they  were  given. 

I  do  not  know,  of  course,  whether  I  am  absolutely  cured  or  not; 
it  is  possible  that  I  may  take  cold  some  time  and  suffer  a  return 
of  the  difficulty.  I  do  not  believe  it  would  ever  be  as  bad  as 
before,  but  if  it  should  come  back  again  I  shall  take  some  of  Dr. 
Foo's  medicine,  which  will  certainly  help  me.  It  has  already  done 
me  more  good  than  any  other  treatment  that  I  ever  took  in  my  life. 
It  is  well  for  people  suffering  from  chronic  difficulties  to  keep  a  small 
supply  of  the  medicine  on  hand,  for  sometimes  a  small  dose  will 
prevent  a  return  of  the  difficulty.  For  my  part  I  am  very  glad  that 
I  have  become  acquainted  with  Dr.  Foo's  system  of  medicine. 

Yours  respectfully,  MRS.  MALINDA  STRONG. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.  August,  10,  1897.  810  West  Sixth  street,  city. 


A    SEVERE    CASE    OF    ASTHMA    RELIEVED. 

LOS    ANGELES,    Cal.,    October    18,    1897. 

I   have   been   troubled   with    asthma  for  the   past   eleven   years. 
During  my  experience  with  this  disease  I  have  tried  every  remedy 


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that  I  have  heard  of  which  offered  any  relief  whatever,  and  have 
consulted  a  great  many  physicians.  Nothing  did  me  any  permanent 
good.  My  trouble  was  spasmodic  in  its  nature,  and  all  of  the 
doctors  whom  I  consulted  informed  me  that  it  was  incurable.  I 
consulted  three  physicians  in  Portland,  where  I  lived  for  eight  years; 
and  five  in  Los  Angeles,  all  of  whom  gave  the  same  opinion. 

Finally,  I  went  to  Dr.  Foo,  six  weeks  ago,  although  I  was 
advised  by  friends  not  to  do  so.  Ati  this  time  I  had  a  most  distress- 
ing, hacking  cough,  which  shocked  all  who  heard  it,  and  made  every- 
one think  I  could  not  live.  I  was  very  weak,  and  the  slightest 
over-exertion  brought  on  a  spasm  of  asthma.  I  commenced  to  take 
Dr.  Foo's  prescription  and  my  cough  disappeared  from  the  first  dose. 
I  F-m  now  greatly  improved  in  every  way.  I  can  take  a  long  walk 
without  fatigue,  or  without  bringing  on  the  asthma.  I  can  also  lie 
down  with  comfort,  as  I  had  not  been  able  to  do  for  years.  My 
appetite,  complexion  and  general  health  are  improved,  in  every  par- 
titular.  I  am  not  yet  entirely  cured,  but  the  benefit  already  given 
me  is  so  very  marked  that  I  am  entirely  satisfied  with  the  treat- 
ment, and  am  confident  that  I  shall  be  entirely  cured  within  a  rea- 
sonable time.  I  knew  Dr.  Li  Po  Tai  in  San  Francisco,  and  I  believe 
that  his  nephew  and  son,  Drs.  Foo  and  Wing,  can  accomplish  all  that 
the  celebrated  physiican  could  accomplish.  ANNA  ELDER. 

617  Montreal  street. 
Now  removed  to  623  J    street,  San  Bernardino. 


LETTER  FROM   E.  C.  WARREN. 

REDLANDS,   Cal.,  August  10,   1894. 

Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  Dear  Sir:  In  answer  to  your  request  for  a 
report  of  my  present  condition  of  health;  your  treatment,  my  general 
health,  previous  and  after  treatment,  it  gives  me  great  pleasure  to 
state  to  you,  at  present,  I  am  enjoying  as  good  health  as  ever  in 
my  life,  or  as  I  could  wish  to.  I  am  nearly  45  years  of  age.  At  an 
early  age  I  commenced  having  asthma  and  inflammatory  rheumatism; 
would  have  severe  attacks  of  asthma  whenever  I  took  cold,  which 
would  last  me  about  a  week,  and  rheumatism  periodically,  about 
every  three  or  four  years,  until  about  two  years  ago  I  caught  a 


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cold  which  brought  on  rheumatism  that  I  could  not  remove.     I  was 
obliged  to  carry  a  cane  all  the  time  and  move  around  carefully.     At 
about    the    same    time    I    had    an 
abscess  on  my  lungs  and  was  con- 
fined   to    my    bed,    and    never    ex- 
pected to  be  better. 

Dr.  Watrous  advised  me  to 
go  to  you  for  treatment.  I  at 
once  did  so;  was  examined  and 
commenced  to  take  treatment.  This 
was  on  the  8th  of  Nov.,  1893.  I 
took  about  six  months'  treatment. 
Those  of  my  friends  who  knew  me 
before  and  since  treatment  say 
that  I  am  not  the  same  man.  I 
consider  you  an  able  physician; 
your  examination  by  the  pulse  is 
simply  marvelous.  I  cannot  speak 
in  too  high  terms  of  your  skill, 
and  shall  be  pleased  to  answer 
any  communication  you  shall  see 
fit  to  send.  Respectfully. 


E.  c.  WARREN. 


(Signed) 


B.   C.  WARREN. 


Note:  Mr.  Warren  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  city  of  Red- 
lands;  he  has  been  on  the  Board  of  City  Trustees  and  is  now  Justice 
of  the  Peace  and  City  Recorder  at  Redlands.  He  is  a  man  whose 
business  experience  and  sagacious  nature  make  it  almost  impossible 
for  him  to  be  mistaken  as  to  his  views,  or  misled  on  a  subject  of 
such!  vital  importance. 


TWELVE    CAUSES    OF    CONSUMPTION    AND    HEMORRHAGES. 

Among  the  many  causes  of  consumption  the  following  may  be 
noted  in  this  place: 

1.  Many  men  and  their  wives  have  been  poisoned  from  a  resump- 
tion of  martial  relations  too  soon  after  the  wife  has  been  delivered 
of  a  child.  At  least  one  hundred  days  should  elapse  after  child-birth 


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before  the  usual  relations  of  man  and  wife  are  again  taken  up.  This 
poison  usually  settles  in  the  kidneys,  and  weakens  them.  The  system 
becomes  drained  of  various  elements  which  are  essential  to  the 
vitality  of  the  person,  especially  to  the  health  of  his  nervous  system. 
When  these  are  taken  away  there  is  indigestion,  which  causes 
inflammation  in  the  stomach.  The  foods  and  liquids  which  should 
go  to  nourish  the  body  ferment  instead  of  being  digested,  and  the 
result  is  that  there  are  poisonous,  gases  which  go  through  the  system 
and  soon  reach  the  lungs.  This  creates  inflammation  and  affords  a 
good  field  for  the  lodgment  of  the  bacillus  of  consumption. 

2.  In   a   similar   way   venereal   poison   affects   the   system,   com- 
mencing in  the  kidneys,  and  afterwards  affecting,  the  spinal  cord,  and 
passing  to  the  other  vital   organs.     The  power  of  digestion  usually 
yields  first  and  then  the  lungs  become  affected,  as  is  shown  in  the 
above-mentioned  cases. 

3.  Sexual   excesses    at    any   time   of   life   are    a   fruitful    source 
of    consumption.       This     is     one     of     the     most     common     sources 
of  "quick  consumption"  and  also  of  "heart  failure."     The  inflamma- 
tion usually  starts  in  the  kidneys  and  passes  from  there  to  the  other 
vital  organs,  finally  reaching  the  lungs  and  going  through  the  whole 
system. 

4.  Malarial    poisoning    frequently    results    in    consumption.    This 
may  not  be  the  case  at  the  start,  because  malaria  frequently  lies  in 
the  system  for  a  long  time  before  it  breaks  out  into  a  severe  dis- 
ease. Then  a  cold  sets  the 'poison  in  motion,  causes  fever  and  often 
ends  in  death.    It  causes  consumption  by  weakening  the  stomach  and 
and  other  vital  argans.     They  do  not  perform  their  duties  properly. 
Imperfect  digestion   sets   up   an   inflammation   which   finally  reaches 
the  lungs.    A  cough  is  the  result  and  finally  a  case  of  incurable  con- 
sumption. 

5.  Miners  and  other  persons  who  are  compelled  to  breathe  nox- 
ious   vapors    in    underground    tunnels    or    shafts,    or    in    the    engine- 
rooms   of  steamships  or  the  poisoned  air  in  paint  shops,   laundries, 
or  dye-houses,  or  in  tenement  houses  or  other  closely-confined  apart- 
ments,   frequently    become    the    victims    of    consumption.      In    these 
cases  the  lungs  are  poisoned  and  weakened  so  that  a  cold  develops 
into  a  virulent  disorder  and  kills  the  patient. 

6.  Grief,    anxiety    or    intense    mental    application   too    long   con- 
tinued will  cause  consumption.     In  these  cases  the  circulation  of  the 
blood  is  weakened  and  the  stomach  does  not  receive  sufficient  blood 


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to  enable  it  to  perform  its  functions  as  it  should.  The  nervous  system, 
also,  on  the  health  of  which  the  whole  body  depends,  is  affected. 
Imperfect  digestion  finally  affects  the  lungs  and  in  the  same  manner 
as  indicated  in  cause  number  one. 

7.  A   cold    affecting   the   whole    body    may    settle    in   the   lungs, 
creating  inflammation  which  will,  if  not  arrested,  cause  the  lungs  to 
fill  with  phlegm.     This  hardens  and   causes   severe  coughing  in  the 
efforts    of   nature   to    get   rid   of   it.      This    coughing    wears   out   the 
muscles   and  nerves   connecting  the   lungs   and  the  spinal   cord  and 
deprives  the  lungs  of  the  elements  of  nutrition  which  nourish  them 
through  the    channels   of  circulation.     As   a   consequence,    the  lungs 
waste  away  and  break  down  and  a  case  of  pronounced  consumption 
is  the  result. 

8.  A  cold  which  settles  in  the  stomach  or  the  liver. 

9.  Poisoning  through  the  use  of  minerals  for  medication,  or  for 
other  reasons,  such  as  mercury,  morphine,  iron,  strychine  or  arsenic. 

10.  Lack  of  care  during  or  after  child-birth  by  reason  of  which 
there  is  an  incomplete  delivery.     Portions   of  the  placenta,  or  con- 
gealed blood,  are  sometimes  left  in  the  womb,  causing  inflammation. 
A  cold  which  settles  in  the  ovaries,  or  a  cold  taken  during  the  period 
of    menstruation    may    produce    the    same    mischief.      The    result    is 
inflammation,  which  finally  finds  its  way  to  the  lungs.     The  poison- 
ing of  the  system  as  a  result  of  miscarriages,  whether  produced  will- 
fully or  by  accident,  is  also  a  similar  cause  of  consumption.  Women 
are  sometimes  poisoned  from  intimate  relations  with  men  who  habit- 
ually use  liquors,  beer,  wine  or  poisonous  medicines.     Self-abuse,  in 
either  sex,  is  a  cause  of  consumption,  producing  a  weakened  state, 
which  affords  slight  resistance  against  colds  or  malaria.     The  result 
is  a  general  breaking  down,  in  which  the  lungs  finally  participate. 

11.  Direct  injury  to   the   stomach   and   digestive   powers   is   fre- 
quently a  cause  of  consumption.     This  may  be  through  improper  food 
or    insufficient    food    or    over-eating.      Taking   too   much    liquid    with 
meals  is  a  cause,  or  irregularity  in  eating,  or  eating  nuts,  candies, 
fruit,  etc.,  between  meals.     Injury  to  the  stomach  and  digestion  soon 
causes  fermentation  of  the  food,  as  already  explained,  giving  rise  to 
gases  in:  the  system  which  reach  the  lungs,  dry  them  up,  cause  them 
to  contract  and  tail  to  furnish  the  necessary  vitalization  to  the  blood 
to  keep  it  in  circulation. 

12.  The    habit    of    chewing    tobacco,    gum    or    even    toothpicks 
causes  a  constant  secretion  of  saliva,  which  is  wasted.     The  saliva 


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is  secreted  by  the  stomach.  There  is  too  great  a  demand  upon  that 
organ,  which  produces  inflammation  and  an  excessive  desire  for 
liquids.  The  stomach  is  flooded  with  a  supply  of  cold  liquids  which 
it  cannot  use.  Thus  the  system  is  weakened,  and  when  the  subject 
takes  cold  or  is  exposed  to  malaria,  sickness  results  which  fre- 
quently ends  in  consumption.  Smoking  also  dries  out  the  juices  of 
the  system  and  lays  the  foundation  for  diseases  of  this  sort.  The 
difficulty  may  not  be  direct  in  these  cases,  but  they  are  all  bad 
habits  and  lay  the  foundations  of  many  diseases,  including  consump- 
tion. The  wearing  of  corsets  is  a  pernicious  habit  which  often  pro- 
duces consumption  in  women.  This  habit  will  not  be  discussed  at 
length  in  this  place,  but  any  one  who  stops  to  think  a  little  will 
recognize  the  fact  that  an  unnatural  compression  of  the  body  just 
above  its  most  important  organs  must  sooner  or  later,  give  rise  to 
disease  and  suffering. 

Hemorrhages  are  not  always  a  sign  of  consumption,  although 
they  are  often  a  result  of  that  disease.  They  may  come  from  the 
breaking  of  the  small  veins  in  the  muscles  near  the  diaphragm, 
caused  by  the  strain  of  coughing.  Or  they  may  come  from  the  break- 
ing of  veins  near  any  one  of  the  vital  organs.  But  they  do  not  always 
indicate,  as  many  believe,  an  advanced  deterioration  of  the  lungs  and 
they  are  often  much  more  easily  cured  than  most  people  think. 
They  yield  readily  to  the  herbal  treatment  when  taken  at  an  early 
stage — (before  the  cough  has  worn  the  patient  out  and  perhaps 
aftected  the  tissues  of  the  lungs  themselves. 


A     CURE  THAT   IS   PERMANENT. 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Wilson  of  Redlands,  Cal.,  was  treated  by  T.  Foo 
Yuen  for  lung  troubles,  and  cured  early  in  1894.  Her  health  since  that 
time  has  been  very  much  improved  over  her  former  condition,  and 
she  now  gives  the  following  statement  of  her  case: 

REDLANDS,  Cal.,  September  4,  1897. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Co.,  Los  Angeles.  Gentlemen:  For  many 
years  I  had  suffered  from*^  variety  of  complications  which  threatened 
to  end  in  an  incurable  case  of  consumption.  I  had  had  la  grippe, 
throat  troubles,  and  my  lungs  were  affected.  I  took  treatment  from 


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many  physicians  in  Connecticut,  where  I  was  then  residing,  but  all 
the  treatment  and  all  the  medicines  failed  to  accomplish  a  cure,  and 
the  doctors  finally  advised  me  to  come  to  California.  Some  time 
after  arriving  in  Redlands,  I  heard  of  Dr.  Foo  and  consulted  him. 
He  prescribed  for  me  and  placed  me  upon  a  diet  which,  although 
very  plain  and  simple,  accomplished  more  for  me,  together  with  the 
herb  teas,  than  all  the  tonics,  raw  meats,  eggs,  and  other  so-called 
strengthening  foods  ordered  by  my  former  physicians  had  been  a.ble 
to  do. 

I  was  pleased  with  Dr.  Foo's  methods  from  the  commencement. 
His  diagnosis  was  so  cerrect  that  it  at  once  gave  me  some  confidence 
in  him,  and  the  benefit  that  I  received  came  so  soon  and  continued 
so  steadily  that  this  confidence  was  confirmed.  I  was  therefore 
encouraged  to  continue  the  treatment  for  eleven  months,  at  the  end 
of  which  time  I  was  cured  of  my  lung  troubles.  This  was  more  than 
three  years  ago,  and  since  then,  although  my  physical  condition  has 
been  delicate  and  I  lack  the  strength  that  I  had  before  my  first  sick- 
ness, yet  I  have  been  comparatively  well  and  have  had  no  return  of 
the  troubles  with  my  lungs.  I  believe  that  my  cure  was  as  complete 
as  I  could  possibly  have  expected,  and  the  long  time  which  has  since 
elapsed  shows  that  it  was  permonent.  MRS.  M.  H.  WILSON. 


A  NOTABLE  CURE  OF  HEMORRHAGES. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  October  2,  1897. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Co.,  Los  Angeles.  Gentlemen:  In  Novem- 
ber last  I  took  a  severe  cold,  which  settled  on  my  lungs.  My  cough 
became  so  bad  that  I  was  alarmed  and  consulted  a  physician,  who 
told  me  that  my  lungs  were  in  a  very  bad  condition.  I  did  not  feel 
satisfied  with  his  diagnosis  and  consulted  others  until  I  had  consulted 
six  of  the  best  in  Los  Angeles.  They  all  agreed  that  I  had  quick 
consumption,  but  none  seemed  able  to  help  me.  I  finally  went  to  Dr. 
Foo  and  after  hearing  his  diagnosis  of  my  case,  I  commenced  taking 
his  medicine.  Within  two  weeks  I  was  greatly  improved  and  in  two 
months  I  felt  like  a  new  woman.  My  cough,  was  entirely  gone,  my 
complexion  had  cleared  up,  and  my  flesh  seemed  firm  and  natural. 
The  poisoned  and  weakened  blood  seemed  to  be  removed  from  my 
system  and  to  be  replaced  by  new  and  stronger  material.  The 


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old  blood,  from  which  I  received  no  strength  or  nourishment,  had  been 
made  new.  I  have  had  no  return  of  the  hemorrhages  or  other  symp- 
toms since  I  ceased  taking  your  medicine,  several  months  ago,  and 
the  liver  trouble,  from  which  I  suffered  greatly,  has  also  disappeared. 
I  believe  I  should  have  died  had  I  not  gone  to  Dr.  Foo  just  when  I 
did,  and  I  consider  my  cure  the  most  remarkable,  as  ity  has  been  fully 
ten  years  since  I  have  been  troubled  with  this  dreadful  disease.  I 
have  had  a  great  many  hemorrhages  during  that  time  and  have  treated 
with  doctors  from  one  end  of  the  continent  to  the  other.  Dr.  Foo 
is  the  first  and  only  physician  whoever  gave  me  any  permanent  relief. 
I  am  now  entirely  free  from  nervousness  and  can  sleep  all  night 
for  the  first  time  in  ten  years,  and  I  feel  under  the  deepest  obliga- 
tion to  the  doctor  for  his  kind  and  skillful  treatment  of  me. 

MRS.  E.  ROSS  BRITTON, 

1025  South  Flower  street. 


RELIEVED    OF    A   COMPLICATION    OF    DISEASES. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,>  Sept.  23,  1897. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles.  Gentlemen:  In 
kindly  remembrance  and  acknowledgment  of  the  great  skill  displayed 
in  curing  me  of  a  complication  of  diseases  (among  others  being 
kidney,  liver  and  lung  troubles,)  I  now  write  you  to  say  that  I 
have  not  felt  so  well  for  many  years  as  I  have  since  you  cured  me  of 
these  troubles. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  say  in  this  letter  what  I  have  suffered 
for  years  from  the  complaints  named  above.  I  assure  you  for  some 
years  I  was  almost  unable  to  get  about,  besides  I  have  endured,  it 
seems  to  me  every  disagreeable  thing  that  accompanies  these  com- 
plaints, and  have  scarcely  been  able  to  eat  anything  on  account  of 
loss  of  appetite. 

Since  the  treatment  at  your  .hands  my  appetite  has  returned  and 
in  fact  I  am  a  new  creature  entirely.  In  acknowledgment  of  your 
wondrous  skill,  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  sick  who  have  no  knowledge 


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of  the  effects  of  your  able  treatment,  I  have  written  you  this  letter, 
hoping  it  may  reach  many  others,  who  can  be  benefited  as  I  have 
been.  Yours  truly, 

MRS.  J.  E.  BATES, 
McKinley  avenue,  Los*  Angeles,  Cal. 


THREATENED  WITH  CONSUMPTION. 

WILDOMAR,  Cal.,  October  10,  1897. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Co.: 

Gentlemen:  This  is  to  certify  that  I  have  been  treated  by  the 
Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  for  several  months,  and  I  believe  it 
has  been  the  means  of  saving;  my  life.  I  had  throat  and  lung  trouble 
and  had  doctored  for  years  with  no  apparent  improvement.  I  was 
told  by  a  Los  Angeles  physician,  just  a  few  days  before  I  went 
to  Dr.  Foo  that  I  had  only  about  six  months  to  live  and  I  only  went 
to  Dr.  Foo  because  I  was  urged  to  by  friends;  but  I  certainly  have  no 
cause  to  regret  it.  Consumption  and  those  diseases  of  the  throat 
that  sooner  or  later  lead  to  consumption  the  American  doctors  do 
not  cure;  they  only  help  them  for  a  time.  Dr.  Foo,  I  believe,  will 
cure  these  troubles  if  the  patient  will  take  his  medicines  long 
enough  and  live  as  he  prescribes.  IDA  RINNE. 


APPRECIATIVE  LETTER  FROM  A  SAN  BERNARDINO  LADY. 

Mrs.  B.  Howard  of  No.  467  C.  street,  San  Bernardino,  writes: 

"SAN  BERNARDINO,  Cal.,  August  6.  1897. 

"I  feel  very  grateful  for  the  benefits  conferred  by  Dr.  Foo's 
treatment,  not  only  in  my  own  case,  as  he  cured  me  of  certain  per- 
sistent catarrhal  troubles,  but  especially  in  my  husband's  case.  He 
had  been  a  confirmed  invalid  for  several  years,  suffering  from  obscure 
diseases  of  the  stomach,  which  had  developed  a  severe  cough,  from 
which  he  was  never  entirely  free.  Physicians  had  cautioned  him  not 
to  do  anything  to  stop  this  cough,  and  one  said  that  nothing  on  earth 


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could  cure  it.  Two  years  ago  I  expected  him  to  die  at  almost  any 
time.  There  was,  however,  a  slight  improvement,  but  in  January, 
1896,  he  again  began  to  fail. 

"About  this  time  I  read  an  article  in  a  daily  paper  published  in 
San  Bernardino  in  response  to  an  attack  which  had  been  made  upon 
Dr.  Foo  by  some  of  our  local  physicians.  Dr.  Foo  made  a  certain 
proposition,  in  a  very  straightforward,  conscientious  manner,  and 
none  of  our  physicians  seemed  to  dare  to  accept  it.  These  facts  led 
me  to  think  that  Dr.  Foo  must  know  whereof  he  spoke,  and,  as  he 
was  to  be  in  town  soon,  I  was  curious  enough  to  go  and  see  him,  and 
induced  my  husband  to  go  with  me,  but  not  expecting  to  take  any 
treatment. 

"While  waiting  in  Dr.  Foo's  office  we  met  one  of  his  first  pati- 
ents in  Southern  California,  who  told  us  about  what  had  been  done 
for  him.  This  encouraged  us.  When  Dr.  Foo  made  his  first  pulse 
diagnosis,  it  was  so  correct  and  satisfactory  that  we  at  once  decided 
that  my  husband  should  commence  to  take  the  treatment  which  he 
recommended.  In  a  very  short  time  the  change  in  his  appearance 
was  so  great  that  many  of  our  friends  observed  and  spoke  of  it.  He 
has  continued  that  treatment,  at  intervals,  since  that  time,  with  the 
best  of  results,  so  good  in  fact  that  he;  has  been  able  to  endure  more 
care  and  more  work  in  the  past  year  than  in  the  six  years  preceding, 
the  improvement  being  a  surprise  to  me,  to  my  husband  and  to  all 
who  have  known  him." 


CURED   WITHOUT   SEEING   THE    DOCTORS. 


Letters  from  which!  the  following  are  extracts  have  been  received 
from  a  lady  who  resides  at  Bisbee,  Ariz.,  and  has  been  treated  by 
Drs.  Foo  and  Wing  by  mail,  neither  of  them  having  seen  her.  Before 
she  commenced  the  herbal  treatment  she  was  having  two  hem- 
orrhages from  the  lungs  a  week,  and  has  not  had  one  since.  Her  case 
had  been  given  up  as  hopeless  by  her  home  physicians.  She  writes: 


206  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

BISBEE,  Ariz.,  October  9,  1897. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.;  Dear  Sirs: 
I  am  out  of  herbs.  Would  have  written  sooner,  but  I  was  not  here 
in  Bisbee.  I  am  improving  so  fast  that  I  don't  like  to  give  the 
herbs  up,  for  I  know  that  they  will  cure  me.  Please  send  me  another 
month's  treatment.  I  am  getting  along  fast,  and  a  great  many 
people  are  very  much  surprised  to  think  that  I  can  be  cured. 

Yours  truly,  MRS.  S.  A.  KELLEY. 

Your  letter  of  inquiry  just  received.  I  am  mending  very  fast. 
My  lungs  don't  bleed  any  more.  My  pulse  beats  77  per  minute  as 
nearly  as  I  can  time  it.  I  am  still  sore  and  weak  in  my  right  side 
between  the  top  of  my  hip  and  the  ribs,  but  not  half  as  sore  as  I 
was.  I  know  that  your  herbs  will  cure  me.  My  doctors  here  said 
the  way  my  lungs  bled  there  was  no  remedy  for  me.  They  may  excel 
the  China  people  in  some  things,  but  they  cannot  excel  them  in  the 
knowledge  of  diseases  and  medicines.  I  treated  so  long  with  our 
doctors  without  receiving  any  benefits  that  I  lost  all  faith  in  them, 
and  thanks  to  the  day  I  saw  your  advertisement  in  the  Los  Angeles 
paper.  May  God  grant  you  long  life  and  great  success,  is  the  prayer 
of  your  faithful  friend,  SARAH  A.  KELLEY. 


QUICK     CONSUMPTION     AVERTED. 

SAN  BERNARDINO,   Cal.,  April   8,  1897. 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  bear  testimony  to  the  skill  of 
Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  whom  I  have  known  for  several  years,  and  who  has 
made  remarkable  cures  in  the  cases  of  friends  of  mine,  as  well  as  in 
my  own  case.  I  first  became  acquainted  with  him  on  New  Year's 
day,  1894,  having  gone  to  see  him  on  behalf  of  the  wife  of  a  friend 
who  was  very  ill.  She  commenced  treating  with  Dr.  Foo  and  some 
time  afterwards  I  learned  from  her  husband  that  she  had  entirely 
recovered,  a  fact  which  was  a  great  surprise  to  me,  as  I  had  not  sup- 
posed that  she  could  get  well.  This  circumstance  gave  me  a  very 
favorable  impression  of  the  skill  and  methods  employed  by  Dr.  Foo. 

Later  I  was  taken  with  what  appeared  to  be  a  very  severe  cold, 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  207 

resembling  an  attack  of  pneumonia,  and  was  for  several  weeks  in  a 
hospital  at  Riverside,  and  went  to  see  Dr.  Foo.  He  told  me  that  I 
was  threatened  with  an  attack  of  quick  consumption,  but  said:  "You 
have  come  to  me  in  time  to  save  yourself.  I  will  remove  the  poison 
from  your  lungs  and  in  a  short  time  they  will  grow  up  and  be 
strong  again.  My  treatment  will  stop  the  disease  where  it  is  and 
prevent  it  from  going  any  farther,  and  will  heal  the  lungs  and  cause 
them  to  grow  again  and  become  as  strong  as  before."  I  took  his 
treatment  for  three  or  four  months  and  the  result  was  as  he  pre- 
dicted and  promised.  I  was  entirely  cured  of  the  difficulty  with  my 
lungs,  which  has  never  troubled  me  since.  I  believe  that  Dr.  Foo's 
herbal  remedies  will  accomplish  all  that  is  promised.  Their  use 
involves  no  nausea  or  derangement  of  the  digestion  or  any  other  dis- 
agreeable result,  but  as  far  as  my  experience  and  observation  go  they 
are  always  beneficial.  In  many  cases  they  accomplish  most  wonder- 
ful cures.  I  shall  always  be  grateful  to  Dr.  Foo  for  what  he  has  been 
able  to  do  in  my  own  case,  and  will  cheerfully  recommend  him  and 
the  herbal  treatment  to  all  suffering  people.  Respectfully, 

J.  F.  L.  M'LAIN. 


CHAPTER  X. 

CURES  OF  CANCERS,  ABSCESSES  AND  SIMILAR  DISEASES. 

To  tell  all  about  our  cures  of  cancers  and  similar  diseases  would 
require  a  very  long  chapter.  Even  though  we  gave  the  full  particu- 
lars which  we  have  put  into  our  larger  book  and  cannot  put  into  this 
smaller  book,  yet  we  would  still  not  be  able  to  make  the  subject 
entirely  plain.  We  shall  therefore,  reserve  this  to  teach  our  Amer- 
ican students  at  a  later  time.  Some  of  the  other  diseases  for  which 
we  have  remedies  are  also  not  explained  in  this  book,  and  this  is  for 
the  same  reason;  because  the  explanations  are  too  long  and  difficult 
for  a  book  of  this  sort. 

We  give  herewith  some  account  of  the  famous  cure  of  little 
Clara  Humphrey,  which  was  accomplished  by  T.  Foo  Yuen  in  1895 
and  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  in  all  the  history  of  medicine. 
The  reader's  attention  is  called  to  the  fact  that  this  case  conclusively 
shows  that  the  herbal  treatment  is  adapted  to  cases  which  are  sup- 
posed to  require  treatment  from  a  surgeon  as  well  as  those  cases 
which  would  ordinarily,  among  Americans,  be  referred  to  a  phy- 
sician. 

We  shall  give  some  particulars  of  this  case,  in  the  language  of 
the  patient's  mother,  Mrs.  A.  Humphrey,  who  writes  as  follows: 


STATEMENT    OF    CLARA    HUMPHREY'S     MOTHER. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  Aug.  19,  1896. 
217   East  Ann  street. 

I  have  a  little  girl,  Clara,  now  past  11  years  of  age.     About  the 
first  of  March,   1893,   while   playing,   she   fell   and   bruised   her  shin 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  209 

bone  of  the  right  leg,  between  the  knee  and  ankle.  The  injury  did 
not  amount  to  much  at  first,  and  for  a  long  time  we  thought  nothing 
of  it.  But  after  some  weeks  it  began  to  trouble  her.  I  consulted  our 
family  physician.  He  said  the  injury  amounted  to  nothing  and  would 
go  away  itself.  He  advised  me  to  rub  a  little  liniment  or  arnica  upon 
the  bruise,  which  he  said  would  be  all  that  was  necessary.  Some 
months  later,  as  the  bruise  or  wound  still  continued  to  trouble  my 
little  daughter,  we  consulted  another  physician  about  it.  As  soon 
as  he  saw  it  he  declared  that  the  injury  was  very  serious,  and  asked 
why  we  had  let  it  go  so  long  without  medical  advice,  and  declared 
that  Clara  would  be  crippled  for  life,  as  the  limb  would  have  to  be 
amputated.  He  wanted  to  perform  an  operation  at  once,  but  we  were 
so  much  alarmed  and  frightened  that  we  would  not  consent  to  this. 
We  next  consulted  another  doctor,  who  stated  that  the  injury  was 
more  serious,  than  we  at  first  supposed,  but  that  it  could  easily  be 
cured  in  a  short  time.  He  treated  it  with  liniments  and  lotions,  but 
these  remedies  failed  to  produce  the  desired  effect,  and  the  doctor 
decided  that  it  would  be  necessary  to  open  the  wound  and  scrape  the 
bone.  An  operation  of  this  kind  was  performed  and  gave  temporary 
relief,  which  lasted  three  months. 

At  the  end  of  that  time  the  wound  again  became  painful,  with 
a  swelling  and  other .  indications  of  a  serious  difficulty.  The  doctor 
now  decided  that  the  wound  went  deeper  than  he  at  first  supposed, 
and  that  a  portion  of  the  bone  must  be  removed.  So  a  more  radical 
operation  was  performed.  This  operation  was  performed  at  the  doc- 
tor's sanitarium.  As  I  remember  there  were  present  eight  of  the 
best  surgeons  in  the  city.  They  all  agreed  in  their  opinion  of  the 
case.  They  said  it  was  a  cancer  of  the  bone,  which  could  not  be 
healed. 

They  recommended  immediate  amputation  of  the  leg  as  the  only 
means  of  saving  my  daughter's  life. 

They  thought  it  would  be  dangerous  to  delay  this.  This  opinion 
was  also  rendered  by  other  physicians  at  different  times.  But  the 
doctor,  however,  was  unwilling  to  consent  to  amputation,  as  he  still 
had  hopes  of  saving  the  leg.  So  a  section  of  the  bone  about  two 
inches  in  length  was  cut  away  nearly  to  the  marrow  and  removed. 
After  this  operation,  my  daughter  was  confined  to  her  room  for  some 
months,  and  was  not  permitted  to  use  her  leg  at  all.  But  there  was 
no  permanent  improvement,  and  the  doctor  decided  that  it  would  be 
necessary  to  scrape  the  bone  the  third  time.  This  was  done  about 


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FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 


the  first  day  of  August  last,  nearly  two  and  one-half  years  after  the 
first  apparently  trifling  injury  had  been  received. 

Clara  grew  worse  after  the  third  operation  and  the  doctor  now 
declared  that,  as  the  wound  had  not  healed,  it  never  would  heal; 
that  there  were  symptoms  of  blood  poisoning  and  that  in  his  opinion 
the  limb  must  now  be  cut  off  or  my  daughter  would  die.  He  said  she 
could  not  live  forty-eight  hours  unless  this  was  done.  About  ten  or 
eleven  days  after  the  third  operation  he  came  to  the  house  with  a 
carriage,  prepared  to  take  Clara  to  his  sanitarium  for  the  purpose 
of  performing  the  amputation.  We  objected  to  this,  but  he  stated 
that  in  such  cases  it  was  the  duty  of  the  physician  to  overrule  the 
wishes  of  the  parents,  who  were  incapable  of  forming  an  unbiased 
judgment,  as  he  believed,  under  the  circumstances.  The  doctor  had 


CLARA    HUMPHREYS. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  211 

been  very  kind  to  us  and  had  done  everything  in  his  power  for  our 
daughter.  It  was  hard  under  the  circumstances  to  go  contrary  to  his 
judgment,  but  I  was  still  unwilling,  and  so  informed  the  doctor. 

Just  about  this  time  we  began  to  hear  about  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen 
through  Mrs.  Van  Luven.  Acting  op  the  advice  of  friends  I  took 
Clara  to  the  doctor's  office.  I  was  informed  by  nim  that  the  child's 
system  was  poisoned  as  a  result  of  the  different  operations,  and  that 
there  was  cancer  of  the  bone  and  no  need  of  an  amputation.  He 
said  the  leg  could  be  saved  and  my  daughter  cured,  although  he  pre- 
dicted that  it  would  take  a  long  time,  perhaps  a  year.  I  at  once 
commenced  preparing  and  administering  the  herb  teas  which  I  pro- 
cured from  him.  I  also  applied  poultices  and  plasters  which  he 
furnished.  We  continued  to  use  these  for  about  six  months.  There 
was  a  decided  improvement  in  about  five  weeks,  and  in  about  six 
months  we  stopped  using  the  remedies,  as  they  were  no  longer 
needed. 

When  we  first  took  Clara  to  the  doctor's  office  she  was  so  ill  and 
weak  that  my  son  had  to  carry  her  in  his  arms.  A  little  later  we  took 
her  in  an  ordinary  baby  carriage.  In  about  six  weeks  she  was  able 
to  walk  from  the  street  car  to  the  doctor's  office,  a  distance  of  sev- 
eral hundred  feet.  In  about  three  months  she  walked  about  the  house 
and  streets  the  same  as  she  had  done  before  the  injury.  She  can  now 
walk  several  miles  a  day  and  run  and  jump  the  same  as  other  chil- 
dren. There  is  no  limp  or  other  deformity.  The  injured  leg  has  been 
completely  restored,  new  bone  and  marrow  having  grown  and  filled 
up  the  cavity.  She  has  gained  fourteen  pounds  since  using  these 
herbal  remedies  and  is  now  perfectly  well,  attends  school,  and  is 
as  active  as  any  child  of  her  age. 

I  have  stated  these  facts  at  length  because  this  is  the  only  way 
to  make  other  people  understand  the  case.  Facts  speak  for  them- 
selves and  I  do  not  care  to  add  any  comment  of  my  own,  further 
than  to  state  that  if  any  people  are  skeptical  as  to  the  truth  of  these 
statements  they  can  readily  be  verified  by  calling  at  No.  217  East  Ann 
street.  I  am,  yours  very  truly. 

MRS.  A.  HUMPHREY. 

Mrs.  T.  Van  Luven,  a  friend  and  neighbor  of  the  Humphrey 
family,  was  the  lady  who  first  called  this  system  of  treatment  to 
their  attention.  Mrs.  Van  Luven  was  familiar  with  all  the  circum- 


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stances  of  this  case  and  gave  us  a  letter  confirming  the  above.  It 
is  unnecessary  to  reprint  this  letter  here,  but  we  desire  to  give  Mrs. 
Van  Luven's  name  as  an  additional  reference. 


CANCER    OF   THE    BOWELS. 

The  following  brief  letter  from  a  gentleman  in  the  East  who  has 
been  cured  by  the  herbal  treatment  of  cancer  in  the  bowels,  explains 
itself.  This  letter  was  written  after  six  months'  treatment,  while  Mr. 
Ingaisbe  was  in  California  on  a  visit. 

SIOUX  CITY,  Iowa,  August,  16,  1897. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Gentlemen:  1 
write  you  a  few  lines  to  let  you  know  how  I  am  getting  along.  I  am 
a  new  man  from  what  I  was  when  I  first  started  to  doctor  with 
you.  The  blood  and  pus  have  disappeared  from  the  ulcers  in  the 
bowels,  and  my  head  is  clear.  My  wife  says  that  I  would  not  be 
alive  now  were  it  not  for  you.  I  shall  certainly  remember  you  to 
my  friends.  Yours  truly, 

A.   INGALSBE. 

207  Bluff  street,  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 
Home  address,  366   Bowen  avenue,  Chicago,   111. 


A  CASE  SOMEWHAT  SIMILAR  TO  CLARA   HUMPHREY'S. 

SAN  BERNARDINO,  Cal.,  Sept.  27,  1897. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles: 

Gentlemen:  About  four  years  ago  my  son  Robert,  then  7  years 
old,  received  an  injury  in  the  hip  and  knee  of  the  right  leg,  as  the 
result  of  a  fall.  Very  soon  afterward  the  bone  of  the  knee  commenced 
growing  larger,  and  continued  to  increase  in  size.  There  seemed  to 
be  a  great  deal  of  poisoned  blood  in  the  knee-pan.  It  was  very  hard 
over  the  most  of  the  surface,  but  soft  in  places.  There  was  trouble 
with  the  circulation  in  the  leg  below  the  knee,  the  foot  being,  most  of 


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the  time,  as  cold  as  ice.     Very  soon  the  boy  had  to  go  on  crutches, 
and  he  continued  to  use  them  for  years. 

I  tried  various  doctors  in  San  Bernardino  and  Lake  counties  and 
they  did  what  they  could  for  the  case,  but  without  affording  any 
relief  whatever.  Some  of  them  wanted  to  cut  the  leg  off,  some  called 
the  trouble  cancer  of  the  bone,  and  said  it  would  cause  blood  poison- 
ing and  death  after  a  little  unless  it  was  removed.  But  I  was  unwill- 


ing to  have  the  foot  cut  off,  and  after  a  while,  as  the  doctors  seemed 
unable  to  do  anything  for  the  case,  I  stopped  consulting  them  alto- 
gether, and  tried  no  more.  Time  went  on,  and  the  knee  kept  slowly 
growing  worse,  and  my  son  had  to  use  his  crutches  continually. 

Finally  a  friend  gave  me  a  copy  of  Dr.  Foo's  book,  which  I  was 
very  much  pleased  to  get,  as  it  told  about  some  similar  cases  which 
had  been  cured  by  Dr.  Foo.  We  went  to  Dr.  Foo,  and  he  commenced 
to  treat  my  boy.  This  was  in  December,  1896.  He  gave  internal 
remedies  and  also  applied  plasters  to  the  knee.  After  a  little  there 


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was  a  great  deal  of  discharge  from  the  knee,  brought  about  by  the 
combined  action  of  the  internal  remedies  and  the  local  applications. 
Then  the  knee  commenced  gradually  to  grow  smaller,  swelling 
reduced  2  1-4  inches  in  one  week,  and  the  medicines  also  seemed  to 
help  the  vital  organs  internally,  for  the  boy's  appetite  improved,  and 
he  grew  stronger  and  had  more  flesh  and  a  much  better  color.  After 
one  month  of  the  treatment  the  foot  commenced  to  feel  warm  and 
natural,  showing  that  the  circulation  of  the  blood  had  been  re-estab- 
lished. Since  then  he  has  put  away  his  crutches,  except  in  long 
walks,  after  having  been  unable  to  go  without  them  for  3  1-2  years. 
The  knee  bone  is  now  natural,  there  is  no  more  discharge  and  the 
cure  is  complete.  The  boy  walks  on  both  feet,  the  same  as  anybody, 
except  that  there  is  a  little  limp,  because  the  right  leg  is  a  triile 
shorter  than  the  other.  This  was  certainly  to  be  expected  after  the 
leg  had  been  out  of  use  for  so  long,  and  we  are  only  too  glad  that 
the  trouble  is  no  worse.  We  feel  that  the  benefit  received  has  been 
everything  that  we  could  have  expected,  under  the  circumstances, 
and  are  confident  that  even  this  lameness  may  disappear  after  a  little 
exercise  of  the  foot.  We  are  certain  that  no  doctor  or  surgeon  could 
have  accomplished  more  than  has  been  done  for  this  case,  and  that 
our.  boy  has  been  saved  from  becoming  a  cripple  for  life,  or,  in  all 
probability,  from  an  untimely  death.  A.  A.  DEXTER, 

San  Bernardino,  Cal. 


TWO    CASES    OF    CANCER    OF    THE    BREAST    CURED    WITHOUT 
KNIFE  OR  PLASTERS. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company: 

Gentlemen:  Knowing  that  there  are  thousands  whose  lives  could 
be  saved  by  Dr.  Foo,  I  consider  it  a  duty  and  a  delight  to  furnish 
to  the  world  the  facts  concerning  Dr.  Foo's  marvelous  powers  in  the 
art  of  healing. 

For  a  year  and  a  half  I  suffered  terribly,  not  getting  the  least 
relief  from  the  five  different  highly  recommended  physicians  of  Los 
Angeles,  whom  I  employed.  Some  treated  me  for  la  grippe,  others  for 
asthma,  one  for  heart  disease.  One  doctor  said  my  heart  was  three 
times  its  natural  size,  and  out  of  place;  another  told  me  that  I  could 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  215 

not  possible  live  longer  than  a  year  or  fourteen  months.  Surely 
one  could  not  long  endure  the  ceaseless  coughing,  the  sleepless 
nights,  the  unquenchable  thirst  coupled  with  the  indescribable  suffer- 
ing in  the  left  breast  from  darting,  piercing,  cutting  pains  known  only 
to  sufferers  with  cancer. 

When  I  commenced  treatment  with  Dr.  Foo  in  March,  1894,  I  had 
abandoned  all  hopes  of  obtaining  relief,  though  I  was  acquainted  with 
the  fact  that  many  wonderful  cures  had  been  made  by  Dr.  Foo;  still 
I  had  my  doubts,  for  I  never  knew  of  cancer  of  the  breast  being 
cured;  though  for  over  twenty  years  I  was  associated  with  a  great 
many  doctors  of  all  schools,  while  I  followed  my  profession  of  nurse, 
traveling  with  my  patients  from  Canada  to  the  Pacific  Ocean.  For 
the  treatment  of  cancer  of  the  breast  I  have  witnessed  in  hospitals 
and  elsewhere  the  torturous  treatment,  and  the  complete  failure  of 
the  treatment  in  numerous  cases,  and  now  to  be  cured  by  such  simple 
and  painless  methods  by  internal  treatment  alone,  places  me  where 
I  am  unable  to  find  language  to  express  my  joy  and  appreciation  of 
Dr.  Foo  as  a  physician.  I  know  of  another  case  precisely  the  same 
as  mine,  excepting  that  the  lady  had  been  afflicted  longer  than  I  had 
been.  She  too  has  been  cured  and  by  the  same  simple  way,  and  in 
about  the  same  length  of  time,  eleven  months. 

Wishing  Dr.  Foo  unfailing  strength  and  a  long  life,  I  am  an 
everlasting  friend,  .  MRS.  JENNIE  ROPER. 

Station  A,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  January  19,  1895. 


STRICTURE     RELIEVED     WITHOUT     PAIN. 

The  following  brief  letter  from  a  resident  of  JL.OS  Angeles,  speaks 
for  itself: 

LOS  ANGELES.  CAL.,  May    9,  1899. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Co.,  Gentlemen:  I  am  very  much 
pleased  with  your  treatment  for  stricture,  as  I  am  very  much  bene- 
fited without  suffering  any  pain. 

Our  local  doctors  could  only  give  me  relief  by  inserting  an 
instrument,  which  caused  a  great  deal  of  pain.  Yours  truly, 

C.  L.  PENSE,  359  S.  Olive  street. 


216  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

CASES  OF  ECZEMA  AND  THEIR  CURES— A  DISCUSSION  OF  THE 
ORIENTAL    SYSTEM     OF     MEDICINE      BY    GEO. 
W.   HAZARD— MR.    HAZARD'S   EXPERI- 
ENCE WITH    ECZEMA. 

LOS  ANGELES,   Cal.,   Sept.   3,    1896. 
To  the  Public: 

In  a  former  letter,  dated  August  1,  1894,  I  said  that  Dr.  Foo 
had  conquered  the  dreadful  troubles  I  was  then  afflicted  with,  and 
that  I  had  resumed  work  and  was  gaining  strength  every  day.  After 
two  years  I  write  again  to  confirm  the  skill  of  Dr.  Foo  and  the  vir- 
tues of  the  herb  medicine.  I  have  not  lost  a  day's  work  in  the  past 
two  years,  and  have  not  had  a  return  of  any  of  my  old  symptoms, 
showing  the  thoroughness  of  the  cure  Dr.  Foo  made  of  me.  During 
my  sickness  my  weight  went  down  to  140  pounds,  but  I  soon  regained 
my  customary  weight  of  from  175  to  180,  and  have  kept  it  ever  since. 
At  first  I  followed  the  diet  prescribed  very  strictly,  and  I  now  follow 
it  to  a  certain  extent,  although  I  have  found  that  I  can  safely  allow 
myself  greater  freedom  in  my  choice  of  foods  than  when  I  was  re- 
covering from  my  very  severe  illness.  I  believe  that  many  things 
in  the  plan  of  dieting  are  as  valuable  to  the  well  as  to  the  sick. 

I  wish  to  speak  of  the  ecezma  from  which  I  suffered  in  compli- 
cation with  other  infirmities.  This  was  so  bad  that  my  face  and 
hands  were  frequently  in  a  perfectly  raw  condition,  like  a  piece  of 
raw  beef,  and  my  eyes  were  so  badly  swollen  that  I  was  compelled 
to  remain  in  a  dark  room  and  could  not  use  them  at  all.  I  was  never 
entirely  free  from  this  distressing  and  painful  malady  until  I  com- 
menced treatment  with  Dr.  Foo,  but  I  have  had  no  return  or  symp- 
tom whatever  of  it  since  he  cured  me.  This  is  such  a  common  dis- 
ease, that  I  feel  sure  that  many  will  profit  by  my  experience  in  refer- 
ence to  it. 

My  daughter  Mabel  suffered  from  malarial  poison  for  a  long  time. 
I  took  her  to  Dr.  Foo  in  1894,  and  after  twelve?  doses  of  medicine,  the 
poison  was  completely  eradicated  from  the  system,  and  she  gained 
thirty-five  pounds  in  weight  in  six  weeks,  and;  has  continued  in  excel- 
lent health  ever  since.  My  other  children  have  also  derived  great 
benefit  from  Dr.  Foo's  treatment,  GEO.  W.  HAZARD. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  217 

AN  APPROVED  SYSTEM   OF  MEDICINE     KNOWN     BY     ITS     RE- 

SULTS.     THE   ORIENTAL  SYSTEM    COMPARED   WITH 

OTHERS. 

BY  GEO.  W.  HAZARD. 
To  the  Public: 

About  five  years  ago  the  successful  medical  institution  now  wide- 
ly known  as  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  had  its  origin  in  an 
interior  city  of  Southern  California.  Its  beginnings  were  obscure,  but 
its  success  was  marked  from  the  very  first,  and  its  fame  soon  spread 
among  neighboring  communities.  Among  the  warmest  friends  of  Dr. 
Foo  Yuen,  who  was  the  founder  and  is  still  at  the  head  of  this  enter- 
prise, are  many  of  his  earliest  patrons,  who  received  great  benefit 
from  his  skill  in  their  own  cases,  and  have  since  watched  his  career 
in  Southern  California  with  every  confidence  in  his  ultimately  bril- 
liant success,  a  confidence  which  time  has  fully  justified. 

The  writer  was  among;  the  earliest  of  Dr.  Foo's  friends  in  South- 
ern California  and  has  watched  his  career  with  a  great  deal  of  inter- 
est. Like  scores  of  others,  I  consulted  Dr.  Foo  only  as  a  last  resort, 
when  nearly  dead  from  a  complication  of  apparently  incurable  dis- 
eases, and  after  trying  everything  else  in  reach.  I  had  the  universal 
prejudice  against  the  Chinese,  and  the  very  prevalent  notion  that 
their  system  of  medicine  is  a  humbug.  I  was  induced  to  consult 
Dr.  Foo  only  by  the  urgent  persuasions  of  friends  who  knew  Aome- 
thing  about  him,  and  with  very  little  faith  on  my  own  part  in  his 
skill,  or  in  the  virtues  of  his  remedies.  As  in  hundreds  of  other  cases 
which  I  have  since  observed,  I  was  immeasurably  surprised  by  the 
termination  of  my  case,  for  I  found  myself  again  a  well  man,  contrary 
to  every  expectation  on  my  part,  but  only  after  a  most  heroic  strug- 
gle on  the  part  of  Dr.  Foo  against  the  disorders  which  were  threat- 
ening my  life.  Since  then  I  have  watched  Dr.  Foo's  progress  from  an 
uncertain  and  comparatively  unknown  position  in  a  country  town  to  a 
handsome  and  well-equipped  establishment  in  the  metropolis  of  South- 
ern California,  with  a  constantly  growing  influence  and  a  highly 
satisfactory  patronage. 

Such  an  experience  naturally  sets  a  man  to  thinking  and  the  re- 
sult of  the  writer's  reflections  was  to  change  many  of  his  ideas 
on  the  subject  of  medicine.  Evidently  a  cure  had  been  possible  in 
my  case,  for  that  was  the  final  result,  yet,  until  I  consulted  Dr.  Foo 


218  POO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

I  had  been  going  from  bad  to  worse.  Nothing  had  done  me  any  good. 
Disappointment  had  followed  disappointment,  until,  weakened  in  mind 
and  body,  I  had  been  almost  ready  to  let  go  my  hold  on  life.  Evi- 
dently there  must  have  been  some  radical  and  fundamental  differ- 
ence in  the  methods  practiced  by  my  first  physiicans  and  those  prac- 
ticed by  Dr.  Foo  to  produce  such  diametrically  opposite  differences 
in  results.  Under  the  one  regime  I  sank  to  the  lowest  point  of  my 
vitality,  under  the  other  I  gradually  rose  from  that  point  to  a  far 
better  state  of  health  than  had  been  mine  for  years.  Now,  whence 
the  difference? 

In  the  first  place,  there  was  a  radical  difference  in  diagnosis. 
Dr.  Foo  asked  me  no  questions,  except  my  age.  He  found  out  for 
himself,  simply  by  feeling  my  pulse,  all  that  he  wanted  to  know,  and 
told  me  more  facts  about  my  physical  condition  than  I  had  ever  known 
before.  Yet  every  thing  that  he  said  was  reasonable,  and  coincided 
with  my  experience.  A  peculiarity  of  this  diagnosis  was  that  it  at 
once  gave  me  confidence  in  Dr.  Foo.  I  felt  instinctively  that,  if  he 
could  learn  so  much  about  me  in  so  short  a  time,  by  such  an  exam- 
ination, he  ought  to  be  able  to  prescribe  the  proper  remedies  to  cure 
me.  All  that  was  said  was  stamped  with  common  sense  and  truth. 
I  did  not  stop  then  to  wonder  where  Dr.  Foo  acquired  this  extraor- 
dinary faculty,  but  I  have  since  concluded  that  there  is  no  mystery 
about  it  whatever,  that  it  is  simply  the  result  of  very  long  and  very 
patient  training,  based,  of  course,  upon  an  unusual  and  inborn  apti- 
tude. No  one  would  attempt  to  make  a  musician  out  of  a  deaf  man, 
and  it  would  be  idle  to  assert  that  this  skill  in  pulse  diagnosis  could 
be  acquired  by  anybody  and  everybody;  yet  I  am  firmly  convinced 
that  many  could  acquire  it,  perhaps  even  some  of  our  own  white 
physicians,  if  they  would  devote  to  it  as  many  years  of  patient  prac- 
tice and  as  much  self-denial  in  their  ways  of  life,  to  keep  the  brain 
clear  and  sharpen  the  perceptions  carried  from  the  nerves  of  the 
finger-tips  to  those  of  the  brain,  as  Dr.  Foo  has  cheerfully  devoted. 
This  is  too  large  a  subject  to  discuss  in  detail  in  this  place.  Hundreds 
have  tested  pulse  diagnosis  in  their  own  persons  and  to  their  satis- 
faction, having  proved  for  themselves  that  it  is  genuine  and  philo- 
sophical, and  the  way  is  open  for  any  other  person  who  desires  to 
make  the  same  test. 

The  Chinese  employ  more  than  3000  medicinal  herbs  in  their 
practice.  Not  one  of  them  is  poisonous  or  injurious  under  any  cir- 
cumstances. This  fact  accounts  for  many  of  their  successes.  Their 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  219 

skill  in  diagnosis  -accounts  for  others.  Their  thorough  knowledge 
of  anatomy  and  of  the  nature  of  disease,  acquired  by  vivisection  hun- 
dreds of  years  ago,  is  also  a  potent  factor  for  success.  And  their 
system  of  diet  is  the  best  in  the  world.  They  know  exactly  what 
foods  the  invalid  should  use,  and  what  he  should  avoid.  They  have 
remedies  for  all  diseases,  acute  or  chronic. 

There  is  only  one  thing  for  people  to  do  who  are  in  need  of  help 
from  disease,  especially  for  those  who  have  tried  physicians  and  are 
still  in  need,  and  that  is  to  make  a  personal  test  of  this  matter.  This 
system  is  now  too  well  founded  to  be  ignored,  or  to  be  laughed  out 
of  existence,  or  to  be  set  aside  by  those  who  assume  it  to  be  wrong, 
but  cannot  prove  it.  It  has  been  shown  that  its  cures  are  permanent, 
the  one  thing  that  people  have  been  waiting  to  find  out.  There  can 
be  no  doubt  that  Drs.  Foo  and  Wing  have  helped  a  great  many 
people  back  to  a  condition  of  health,  out  of  a  most  discouraging 
condition  of  sickness.  Whether  they  can  also  help  any  particular 
case  is  a  question  which  can  only  be  determined  by  a  personal  inter- 
view. The  doctors  give  every  facility  at  their  commodious  establish- 
ment, No.  903  South  Olive  street,  to  all  inquirers.  Everything  is 
perfectly  open  and  free,  there  is  no  mystery,  no  expense.  There  are 
plenty  of  courteous  attendants.  The  best  advice  that  I  can  offer  any 
invalid  is  to  see  Drs.  Foo  and  Wing  at  once.  Delays  are  usually 
dangerous.  GEO.  W.  HAZARD. 


CURE  OF  AN   OBSTINATE  CASE  OF   ECZEMA. 

CEDAR,  Ariz.,  August  31,  1897. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.: 

Gentlemen:  Although  I  have  never  seen  Drs.  Foo  and  Wing,  yet 
I  have  to  thank  them  for  curing  me  of  a  very  obstinate  case  of  eczema. 
I  had  been  unable  to  get  rid  of  this  difficulty  by  all  the  ordinary 
methods  of  treatment  within  my  reach,  but  I  had  heard  a  great  deal 
about  their  cures  of  other  people.  I  was  living  in  Arizona,  and  was 
unable  to  go  to  Los  Angeles  to  see  them,  but  wrote  to  them,  and  asked 
them  if  they  could  cure  me  at  home.  They  asked  me  a  great  many 
questions  by  mail,  which  I  answered  as  fully  as  I  could.  They  then 
informed  me  that  they  could  cure  me  at  my  home.  They  said  "we 


220  POO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

will  change  your  impure  blood  and  make  it  new,  and  you  will  then 
be  all  right."  I  took  a  few  months'  treatment,  perhaps  three  or  four, 
to  accomplish  this,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  I  was  well.  From 
the  results  of  this  method  of  treatment  at  a  distance,  in  my  own  case, 
I  can  heartily  recommend  it  to  any  others  who  may  be  similarly 
situated.  I  am  certainly  abundantly  satisfied,  for  it  cured  me  of  a 
very  troublesome  affliction  from  which  I  had  suffered  for  a  long  time. 

WILLIAM     P.     CARR, 
CEDAR,  Mohave  County,  Arizona. 


A  CURE  OF  CATARRH   AND  COMPLICATIONS. 

To  the  Afflicted: 

I  have  been  a  constant  sufferer  for  over  twenty-five  years,  from 
the  effects  of  impure  water  and  improper  food,  carelessness  and 
exposure  to  the  fumes  of  quicksilver,  arsenical  and  other  mineral 
poisons,  while  treating  rebellious  ores.  My  system  had  become  thor- 
oughly impregnated  with  them,  rendering  my  liver  and  spleen  inactive, 
and  nearly  destroyed  my  kidneys.  Consequently  I  had  dyspepsia, 
indigestion,  catarrh  and  cramps  in  the  worst  form. 

For  over  nine  months  I  could  not  turn  over  in  bed,  without 
assistance.  Two  years  before  that  time  I  could  not  put  on  my  coat, 
and  four  years  previously  could  not  ride  in  the  ambulance  from 
Arizona  to  Los  Angeles,  on  account  of  the  most  excruciating  sciatic 
rheumatism,  rendering  life  anything  but  pleasant. 

Though  at  times  in  apparent  good  health,  of  late  years  I  was 
threatened  with  locomotor-ataxia  and  partial  paralysis  of  my  legs, 
making  it  difficult  and  painful  to  walk,  even  a  short  distance,  without 
frequent  rests.  The  cords  of  my  legs  and  arms  had  become  almost  as 
stiff  as  steel  wire.  I  had  consulted  and  employed  several  of  the 
leading  and  most  noted  physicians  of  the  day,  and  had  spent  hundreds 
of  dollars  for  patent  -medicines  and  other  useless, — though  much 
advertised  and  highly  recommended — sure-cure  compounds;  beside 
spending  over  a  year  at  several  of  the  best  mineral  springs,  none  of 
which  afforded  me  more  than  trifling  relief,  and  I  had  nearly  given 
up  all  hope  of  ever  having  my  health  restored. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  221 

Fortunately  for  me,  however,  I  chanced  to  meet  my  old-time 
friend  George  W.  Hazard,  who,  to  my  surprise  was  looking  the  very 
picture  of  health,  being  the  exact  opposite  of  his  appearance  and 
condition  ten  years  before. 

No  doubt,  my  looks  and  appearance  suggested  to  his  mind  his  own 
condition  when  we  parted  ten  years  previously.  As  soon  as  I  met 
him  he  at  once  began  to  tell  me  of  his  long  suffering  and  almost 
miraculous  cure,  which  was  effected  through  the  skillful  treatment  ot 
Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen. 

He  most  earnestly  advised,  insisted  and  entreated  me  to  go  and 
call  upon  the  doctor.  He  said  that  he  used  nothing  but  China  herbs 
tc  drive  out  the  poison,  instead  of  dosing  one  with  mineral  poisons, 
and  apothecary  compounds. 

But,  being  exceedingly  incredulous,  and,  in  fact  prejudiced  against 
Chinese  and  Chinese  doctors  in  particular,  I  told  him  that  I  would 
take  it  under  advisement.  And,  although  my  prejudice  was  strong, 
1  could  not  refuse  accepting  one  of  the  doctor's  pamphlets  on  his  mode 
of  treatment. 

The  more  I  investigated  "The  Oriental  System  of  Medicine,"  the 
more  I  was  convinced  of  its  superiority,  and  of  its  being  in  accord 
with  nature. 

I  at  last  submitted  to  being  introduced  to  this  most  renowned 
and  highly  educated  Chinese  doctor,  who  carefully  diagnosed  my  case 
by  feeling  of  the  pulse,  only.  He  pronounced  my  case  curable 
although  on  account  of  my  age — 79  years,  and  my  case  being  of  long- 
standing and  deep-seated,  it  would  take  a  proportionate  length  of 
time  to  get  the  poisons  under  his  ontrol,  so  that  they  could  be  driven 
out  of  my  system,  new  blood  would  take  the  place  of  old,  and 
nature's  recuperating  powers  would  do  the  rest,  and  I  would  be  a 
comparatively  well  man  again,  which,  I  am  happy  to  say  after  twelve 
months'  treatment,  is  the  case,  being  free  from  catarrh,  aches  and 
pains.  I  can  now  walk  miles  without  resting,  and  can  run  up  two 
or  three  flights  of  stairs  as  quick  as  any  young  man  of  my  age. 

The  whole  of  which  I  attribute  to  the  skillful  treatment  of  Dr. 
T.  Foo  Yuen,  corner  Ninth  and  Olive  streets,  Los  Angeles. 

I  have  written  this  without  the  knowledge  or  solicitation  of  any 
one.  In  behalf  of  those  who  are  afflicted  as  I  have  been,  I  would 
most  confidently  advise  them  t©  g«  and  see  this  justly  celebrated 


222  POO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

Chinese  doctor,  and  be  cured.    You  will  not  regret  the  time  or  expense, 
or  be  ashamed  to  acknowledge  that  you  have  done  so. 

J.    C.   TJDALL, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  August,  1898.  St.  Elmo  Hotel. 


CURED  OF  CATARRH  AND  LUNG  TROUBLE. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  September  2,  1896. 
To  the  Public: 

Dear  Readef — I  have  been  troubled  with  catarrh  for  several 
years  and  for  the  past  two  years  with  lung  trouble.  I  have  tried  a 
number  of  different  medicines  for  my  catarrh  and  lungs,  but  found 
no  relief  until  I  began  taking  treatment  from  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen. 

I  can  now  say  that  I  feel  better  thaD  I  have  for  many  years.  My 
pains  have  all  left  me,  and  I  am  not  bothered  with  the  catarrh.  I 
feel  it  my  duty  to  let  everyone  know  what  Dr.  Foo  has  done  for  me. 
His  skill  enables  him  to  tell  patients,  not  only  their  disease,  but  the 
causes  that  lead  up  to  it,  and  bring  on  the  disease.  I  advise  all 
sufferers  to  consult  Dr.  Foo,  and  give  him  a  fair  trial,  and  I  am  satis- 
fied that  he  will  bring  them  out  all  right. 

This  testimonial  is  sent  out  willingly  and  unsolicited  in  hope  that 
many  subjects  of  suffering  humanity  may  be  fortunate  to  fall  into 
the  hands  of  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  and  be  so  blessed.  Yours  in  sincerity, 

C.    R.    WHEELER. 
217  San  Pedro  street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


CATARRHAL  DEAFNESS  CURED. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  September  4,  1896. 


T.  Foo  Yuen: 


Dear  Sir:     We  are  very  glad  to  give  you  a  testimonial  for  our 
daughter  Sarah,  who  had  been  troubled  with  a  discharge  and  deafness 


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of  her  left  ear  for  the  past  ten  years.  Now,  after  treating  with  Dr.  Poo 
and  taking  his  herb  remedies  for  seven  months,  she  hears  well,  has 
no  discharge  from  the  ear,  her  eyes  aiso  have  grown  strong  and  her 
general  health  is  all  that  we  can  desire. 

MR.    AND    MRS.    W.    G.    COGSWELL. 


FROM    A    DISTANT    PATIENT. 

CEDAR,  Ariz.,  August  31,  1897. 
To  the  Public: 

Although  I  have  never  seen  the  physicians  of  the  Foo  and  Wing 
Herb  Company,  yet  I  can  cheerfully  testify  to  their  success  in  treat- 
ing and  curing  me  by  means  of  remedies  which  they  sent  by.  mail 
and  express.  I  was  troubled  with  impure  blood,  which  brought  on 
inflammation  of  the  bladder,  developing  into  a  painful  and  obstinate 
case.  I  knew  something  about  Dr.  Foo  and  his  methods  of  treatment 
through  friends  in  Los  Angeles,  who  had  been  among  his  patrons. 
One  of  these  is  Mrs.  Humphrey,  the  mother  of  Clara  Humphrey, 
whose  remarkable  cure  is  now  well-known  in  Los  Angeles.  At  their 
suggestion  I  wrote  to  the  doctors,  who  sent  me  the  remedies  suitable 
to  my  condition,  as  above  stated.  I  am  .sure,  from  my  experience, 
that  they  can  make  new  blood,  completely  changing  and  purifying  the 
blood  in  a  person's  system,  and  thus  giving  health  and  strength. 
When  I  first  commenced  to  take  the  medicines  I  felt  a  trifle  bad  for 
a  time,  but  this  wore  away  in  two  or  three  weeks,  and  after  that 
I  gained  rapidly,  in  fact  at  first  I  gained  fifteen  pounds  in  thirty  days. 
All  the  painful  symptoms  went  away,  and  I  now  consider  myself  as 
well  as  I  ever  was  in  my  life.  JAMES  WALKER. 


CURE  OF  RUPTURE,  CATARRH  OF  THE  BLADDER,  SPINE  AND 
KIDNEY  TROUBLE,  STATEMENT  OF  C.  W.  DAVIS. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.  September,  1896. 
T.  Foo  Yuen,  Los  Angeles. 

Friend  Foo:     I  never  want  to  lost  an  opportunity  to  speak  of 
the  good  you  are  doing  for  the  ills  of  humanity,  and  of  the  good  you 


224  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

have  done  me  personally,  therefore,  I  make  this  statement  for  pub- 
lication. 

I  was  sick  in  1895  for  four  months,  with  rupture,  catarrh  of  the 
bladder,  spine  and  kidney  diseases,  suffering  excruciating  pains  from 
failing  strength.  I  had  slept  but  little  for  three  or  four  months,  and 
was  in  a  wretched  condition.  I  sought  the  advice  of  two  or  three 
local  physicians,  who  each  prescribed  for  and  treated  me  during  the 
time  of  my  sufferings,  out  no  relief  came  to  me  during  their  treat- 
ment. While  in  this  painful  and  distressed  state  my  friend,  Mr. 
Ditewig,  persuaded  me  to  visit  Dr.  Foo  Yuen  for  a  diagnosis  of  my 
case,  and  have  him  prescribe  for  me.  After  taking  Dr.  Foo's  remedies 
for  fourteen  days,  all  my  pains  had  ceased,  sweet  sleep  came  to  me, 
my  appetite  returned,  strength  and  weight  increased,  while  I  care- 
fully kept  up  the  treatment  for  six  months,  and  I  became  a  well  man, 
as  I  am  today  attending  to  my  routine  business  affairs. 

I  make  this  statement  for  publication,  with  an  earnest  desire  that 
some  fellow-sufferer  may  be  led  to  see  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  for  similar 
ailments,  or,  in  fact,  any  with  which  humanity  is  afflicted. 

Very  respectfully, 

CHARLES    W.    DAVIS. 

23(H  South  Spring  street,  Los  Angeles,   Cal. 


CURE  OF  THE   MORPHINE   HABIT. 

SAN  BERNARDINO,  Cal.,  October  3,  1896. 
To  the  Public: 

Feeling  grateful  to  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  for  what  he  has  done  for  me 
I  wish  to  say  a  few  words  in  his  behalf. 

I  have  used  opium  for  thirty-two  years,  having  gotten  in  th 
habit  by  sickness,  my  physician  doping  me  full  of  it  for  two  year 
and  a  half. 

When  I  found  out  what  it  was,  my  system  was  full  of  it,  and 
found  it  impossible  to  quit  it.  I  have  spent  hundreds  of  dollars  to 
quit  the  drug,  but  never  could  do  it.  I  was  failing  fast,  and  if  I 
had  not  gotten  relief  I  would  have  been  dead  long  before  this.  I  had 
often  heard  of  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  and  his  wonderful  cures  with  herb 


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225 


teas.    I  had  doctored  so  much  I  had  lost  all  confidence  of  ever  getting 
relief,  only  by  death. 

I  thought  I  would  make  the  last  effort.  He  told  me  from  the 
first  he  could  cure  me,  for  which  I  feel  grateful,  for,  of  course,  I 
suffered  a  great  deal.  I  have  not  used  the  fatal  drug  for  eight  months. 
Any  one  reading  this,  and  suffering  likewise,  may  call  on  me  per- 
sonally, and  I  can  tell  them  a  great  deal  more  than  I  can  write. 
I  live  one  mile  north  and  three  east,  on  base  line,  from  the  city  of 
San  Bernardino.  Anyone  suffering  likewise  would  do  well  to  consult 
Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  as  I  have  the  greatest  confidence  in  him  and  his 
herb  teas. 

Yours  respectfully, 

ABNER    McCRARY    (aged   66). 


FROM    A    PROMINENT    CITIZEN    OF    LOS    ANGELES. 


To  the  Public: 

I  had  been  suffering  with  pains  in  my  kidneys  and  severe  con- 
stipation of  the  bowels  for  a  long  time,  the  result  of  which  was  sleep- 
less nights,  loss  of  appetite  and  rheumatic  pains  in  my  feet  and  legs. 

For  four  months  I  had  rheumatism  in  my 
foot,  the  inflammation  was  so  great  I  could 
scarcely  put  it  on  the  floor,  and  the  swell- 
ing extending  to  my  knee  joint  was  so  pain- 
ful I  could  not  sleep.  I  consulted  Dr.  T. 
Foo  Yuen  and  commenced  taking  his  reme- 
dies. I  felt  the  effects  of  the  medicine 
immediately,  and  I  also  noticed  a  marked 
improvement  every  day  in  my  condition. 
I  continued  the  treatment  for  three  months 
and  was  entirely  cured.  My  rheumatism 
was  not  only  cured  and  the  swelling  gone, 
but  my  blood  was  purified,  brain  and  nerves  vitalized,  and  the  whole 
system  restored  and  invigorated.  I  have  no  pains,  my  appetite  is 


CAPT.  C.  TAYLOR. 


226  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

good,  my  bowels  move  regularly  and  my  health  is  better  than  it  has 
been  for  ten  years.  I  am  always  ready  to  testify  to  results  and  true 
merit,  and  I  heartily  recommend  the  Foq  and  Wing  Herb  Company, 
No.  903  South  Olive  street,  Los  Angeles,  to  every  man  who  may  be 
afflicted  as  I  have  been.  T.  Foo  Yuen  has  a  large  practice,  and  can 
always  be  found  at  his  office  or  a  letter  addressed  to  him  will  have 
his  prompt  attention. 

I  remain  your  friend, 

C.    TAYLOR, 
520  South  Grand  avenue. 


EXPERIENCE   OF  A   PRACTICING   PHYSICIAN. 

Dr.  B.  F.  Watrous,  of  Redlands,  Cal.,  was  for  many  years  a  prac- 
ticing physician  until  compelled  by  ill  health  to  abandon  his  profes- 
sion. In  1893  he  became  one  of  Dr.  Foo's  patients.  His  difficulties 
commenced  with  an  attack  of  la  grippe  three  years  before.  The  final 
result  was  chronic  indigestion  and  troubles  centering  in  the  liver. 
He  consulted  different  physicians  and  spent  some  time  at  Bartlett 
Springs,  in  Lake  county,  but  got  no  relief.  When  he  finally  returned 
to  Redlands  and  consulted  Dr.  Foo,  he  was  suffering  intensely  from 
neuralgic  pains  all  through  his  body  and  particularly  in  the  chest, 
back  and  shoulders.  These  pains  were  caused  by  poisonous  gases, 
which  accumulated  in  the  system  as  a  result  of  its  inactive  condition. 
Of  his  experience  with  Dr.  Foo,  Dr.  Watrous  says: 

I  met  Dr.  Foo  in  July,  1893,  and  he  examined  me  by  the  pulse  only, 
saying  that  I  suffered  from  indigestion,  also  from  liver,  spleen  and 
lung  trouble.  His  diagnosis  was  so  perfect  that  I  knew  he  understood 
his  business,  and  had  confidence  in  him.  I  took  treatment  for  about 
six  months,  and  was  surprised  to  be  so  much  benefited.  My  wife  was 
taken  suddenly  ill  and  died.  The  shock  brought  discouragement  upon 
me.  I  left  the  doctor's  treatment,  and  took  several  bad  colds,  which 
brought  on  the  trouble  anew.  At  the  pressing  instance  of  friends 
I  began  the  treatment  for  a  second  time,  and,  until  this  day,  have 
been  improving  very  rapidly. 

As  far  as  my  observation  goes  I  know  that  Dr.  Foo  has  perfected 
many  remarkable  cures.  And  I  do  not  know  of  any  case  where  he  has 
made  a  mistake  in  diagnosis  or  treatment  of  patients.  On  the  con- 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  227 

trary,  I  have  heard  his  patients  say  that  he  always  told  them  how 
the  medicine  would  act,  when  they  would  take  effect,  and  how  long 
the  treatment  would  need  to  be  continued. 

I  found  the  doctor  a  thorough  and  perfect  gentleman,  a  well 
educated  medical  man  and  a  friend  to  those  who  suffer.  In  time  his 
skill  will  be  recognized  and  sought  for  even  by  those  who  have  been 
opposed  both  to  his  methods  and  to  his  race.  And  I  believe  that  his 
methods  and  mode  of  treatment  will  finally  be  recognized  the  world 
over  as  the  only  ones  which  lead  to  perfect  health. 

DR.  B.  F.  WATROUS. 

Redlands,  Gal..  August  8,  1894. 


SCROFULA   CURED. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Gal.,  August  12,  1898. 

My  boy  four  years  old  has  been  ailing  for  some  time,  could  not 
eat  nor  sleep,  and  suffered  from  constipation.  I  was  very  much 
alarmed  when  I  noticed  a  swelling  on  his  neck  back  of  the  ear,  and 
decided  to  take  him  to  a  physician.  I  had  read  of  the  cures  the  Foo 
and  Wing  Company  had  made  and  I  took  him  there.  After  feeling 
his  pulse,  Dr.  Foo  told  me  the  trouble  was  scrofula,  and  said  that  he 
could  cure  him.  ]  ] 

I  began  giving  him  the  herb  teas,  and  now  he  seems  as  well  as 
ever.  Has  a  good  appetite  and  sleeps  well.  I  think  the  herb  teas 
are  good  and  cannot  praise  them  too  much. 

MRS.    S.    A.    McINNIS, 
1866  East  Eighth  street.  City. 


PARALYSIS  AND  OTHER  TROUBLES  ALLEVIATED. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  October  22,  1897. 

To  Whom  it  May  Concern: 

For  forty  years  I  have  suffered  from  paralysis  and  diarrhoea.  The 
paralysis  was  principally  in  my  lower  limbs  and  back.  I  tried  many 
different  remedies,  but  found  no  relief,  and  gradually  grew  worse 
until  the  fall  of  1893.  During  that  year  at  different  times  I  heard  of 


228  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

some  of  the  wonderful  cures  of  the  celebrated  Chinese  doctor,  Li  Po 
Tai  of  San  Francisco,  and  thought  of  going  to  him  for  treatment,  but 
concluded  that  I  could  not  stand  the  expense  of  the  trip,  and — for- 
tunately for  me— about  that  time  I  learned  that  Dr.  Li  Po  Tai  had 
a  nephew  in  Redlands  who  was  as  skillful  and  successful  in  his  treat- 
ment as  the  old  doctor,  and  I  went  from  Los  Angeles  to  Redlands  to 
see  him. 

After  taking  treatment  for  some  time  I  was  but  little  better,  and 
had  no  permanent  benefit  from  paralysis  until  six  months;  I  then 
quit  the  treatment.  I  did  not  lose  faith  in  the  doctor,  as  I  had  much 
relief  from  paralysis,  and  my  diarrhea  was  cured.  Something  very 
strange  occurred  during  the  next  four  months  after  quitting  the  treat- 
ment, at  the  end  of  that  time  I  had  gained  forty  pounds  in  weight,  and 
felt  much  stronger  and  better  in  every  way.  This  reminded  me  that 
the  doctor  had  said  "That  I  would  gain  after  I  had  stopped  the  treat- 
ment." 

I  get  a  bad  cold  occasionally,  as  most  people  do,  and  instead  of 
taking  quinine  or  some  other  poisonous  drug,  I  go  and  take  the 
doctor's  herbs  for  a  week  or  two  and  am  cured. 

FRANK  AMES. 


TESTIMONIAL   OF   A.   H.   ROSE. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  September,  1896. 
Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company: 

It  is  with  pleasure  I  give  you  this  testimonial.  I  had  weakness 
of  the  kidneys  and  bladder  and  my  digestion  was  very  poor.  I  took 
your  herb  remedies  for  four  or  five  months  and  my  system  became 
cleansed,  giving  me  blood  and  new  life,  and  I  am  now  a  well  man. 

1032  Elaine  street,  Los  Angeles.  A.  H.  ROSE. 


LETTER   FROM    A   WELL-KNOWN    BUSINESS   MAN. 

Messrs.  Wade  &  Wade  are  well-known  among  the  business  men  of 
Los  Angeles,  particularly  among  mining  men  and  all  others  who 
require  assays  of  minerals  or  chemical  analyses  of  any  sort.  These 


POO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  229 

gentlemen  are  trained  by  the  requirements  of  their  business  to  habits 
of  exact  observation  and  close  reasoning.  It  is  therefore  reasonable 
to  suppose  that  their  opinion  is  of  especial  value,  even  in  a  matter  of 
professional  skill  a  little  outside  of  their  usual  line.  Mr.  E.  M.  Wade, 
of  this  firm,  gives  the  following  letter: 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  September  5,  1896. 

T.  Poo  Yuen.  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Dear  Sir:  I  gladly  recommend  you  as  a  skillful  and  successful 
physician,  having  myself  taken  your  treatment  of  herb  remedies 
with  great  benefit.  Your  herb  teas  are  not  only  harmless,  but  benefic- 
ial when  administered  under  your  skillful  direction.  Your  powers 
of  diagnosis  by  the  pulse,  which  have  been  within  my  own  observation 
and  experience,  are  marvelous.  Respectfully, 

Chemist  and  Assayer,   115£   N.   Main.  E.   M.  WADE. 


A  GAIN   OF  TWENTY-EIGHT   POUNDS. 

Mr.  W.  A.  Hallowell,  Jr.,  ex-Deputy  Postmaster  of  Ontario,  Cal., 
and  ex-Postmaster  of  Oberlin,  Kansas,  says: 

I  have  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Postoffice  Department  in  various 
States.  The  steady  and  confining  work  brought  on  my  troubles,  as 
I  did  not  take  the  necessary  time  to  eat  my  meals — my  digestion 
becoming  worse  and  worse.  Indigestion  was  my  main  trouble.  My 
kidneys  and  bladder  were  affected  and  everything  I  tried  to  do  seemed 
useless.  I  had  been  seeking  relief  and  a  cure  for  many  years,  going 
to  Excelsior  Springs,  Mo.,  the  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  and  Manitou  Springs, 
Colo.,  also  treated  with  several  of  the  regular  physicians. 

I  came  to  California  in  1886  and  to  Ontario  in  1888.  While  I  was 
summering  in  Mill  Creek  Canyon  last  year,  I  heard  of  Dr.  Poo,  and, 
knowing  that  I  had  never  received  any  permanent  benefits  from  all 
the  treatment  and  patent  medicines  I  had  taken,  I  thought  that,  as 
he  was  so  famous,  he  would  perhaps  help  me  in  regaining  my  lost 
health.  He  examined  me,  and — impressed  with  the  truth  of  his 
assertions  as  to  my  derangements — I  began  his  treatment  last  Septem- 
ber. I  was  down  to  95  pounds,  and  have  now  gained  28  pounds,  and 
am  gaining  all  the  time,  even  during  this  warm  weather.  By  follow- 


230  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

ing  the  doctor's  diet,  I  find  it  tp  be  just  suited  to  my  system.  I  lived 
up  to  this  treatment  and  made  as  good  an  improvement  and  showing 
as  anybody  he  ever  treated.  I  think  that  Dr.  Poo  saved  my  life,  for  I 
was  extremely  low,  weak  and  exhausted.  To  the  sick  and  afflicted 
I  can  cheerfully  recommend  the  Chinese  system  of  medicine  as  prac- 
ticed by  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen.  W.  A.  HALLO  WELL,  Jr. 
Ontario,  Cal.,  August  1,  1894. 


CURE   OF   A    FAMOUS   ARTIST. 

The  signer  of  the  following  letter,  W.  G.  Cogswell,  is  one  of  the 
best  known  among  American  artists,  and  famous  for  the  many  repro- 
ductions of  his  portraits  of  prominent  men,  particularly  of  General 
Grant.  Mr.  Cogswell  has  traveled  in  many  countries,  and  is  a  gentle- 
man of  wide  information  and  culture.  His  opinion  is  of  great  value. 
He  says: 

Having  been  successfully  treated  by  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  for  chronic 
dyspepsia  of  long  standing,  and  knowing  of  other  remarkable  cures 
effected  by  him  with  his  herb  remedies,  I  can  recommend  him  to  all 
sufferers  as  a  skillful  physician,  and  a  gentleman  of  rare  knowledge 
and  ability.  WM.  G.  COGSWELL, 

1138  South  Flower  street. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  September  23,  1896. 


BRONCHITIS  AND  INDIGESTION  CURED. 

The  following  letter  from  a  recent  patient,  speaks  for 
itself: 

THE   BATTLE   CREEK   SAVINGS   BANK, 

ALEX.   McHUGH, 

President; 
J.    L.   RIEDKSEL, 

Vice-President; 
A.    BASSETT, 

Cashier; 
CHAS.  WIRTH. 

Asst.   Cashier. 

1723  ROSS  STREET, 

SIOUX  CITY,  Iowa,  May  10th,  1899. 
Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.— My  Dear  Sir: 

I  wish  to  take  this  opportunity  to  thank  you  most  sin- 
cerely and  heartily  for  the  great  benefit  which  I  have 
received  from  your  treatment.  And  for  the  uniform  kind- 
ness and  highly-valued  advice,  of  which  I  have  been  the 
recipient  at  your  hands.  I  came  to  Los  Angeles  with 
chronic  bronchitis  of  six  years  standing;  extremely  sensitive 
to  colds,  and  every  cold  taken  left  me  in  a  worse  condition. 
I  had  also  suffered  from  indigestion  for  years,  as  well  as 
trouble  with  my  kidneys.  I  was  then  profoundly  ignorant 
of  the  existence  of  reputable  Chinese  doctors  and  their 
remedies.  But  upon  hearing  of  your  great  success  with 
hopeless  cases,  and  knowing  of  no  way  to  procure  relief, 
I  concluded  to  investigate. 

Having  taken  the  utmost  care  that  you  should  have  no 
possible  means  of  knowing  anything  about  my  condition, 
except  through  your  own  skill,  I  found  your  diagnosis  of  my 
case  to  be  so  accurate  that  I  concluded  to  take  the  herb 
teas  and  try  the  diet.  I  have  never  regretted  my  decision 
as  my  bronchitis  is,  so  far  as  I  can  judge,  entirely  gone 
and  I  seem  to  be  proof  against  colds.  Neither  my  digestion 
nor  my  kidneys  give  me  any  more  trouble,  and  with  my 
weight  reduced  from  270  to  227  pounds,  I  feel  at  least  ten 
years  younger  and  like  a  new  man. 

I  hope  that  for  the  good  of  afflicted  humanity  you  may 
continue  long  in  your  useful  and  prosperous  career. 

Again  thanking  you  for  what  you  have  done  for  me  in  so 
many  ways,  and  wishing  you  long  life  and  happiness,  I  beg 
to  subscribe  myself, 

Very  truly  yours,  CAPT.  ADAMS  BASSETT. 


232  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

NO    RELIEF    EXCEPT    FROM    THIS    SYSTEM. 


The  case  of  John  Scealey,  as  stated  herein  by  himself,  is  a 
splendid  illustration  of  the  virtues  of  our  remedies  for  heart  troubles. 
Mr.  Scealey  says: 

CRAFTONVILLE,  Cal.,  September  2,  1896. 

This  is  to  certify  that  I  have  recently  been  a  patient  of  Dr.  T. 
Foo  Yuen  and  have  been  cured  by  him  of  a  very  long,  painful  and 
dangerous  illness,  called  goitre.  The  circumstances  of  my  case  are 
so  remarkable  that  I  feel  sure  many  people  will  be  interested  in  hear- 
ing of  them.  About  two  years  ago  I  was  taken  sick,  and  was  unable 
to  attend  to  my  customary  work  upon  a  ranch.  I  consulted  Dr.  Foo, 
who  was  then  living  at  Redlands,  and  took  two  doses  of  the  medicine 
which  he  prescribed,  paying  him  for  a  week's  treatment.  But  so 
many  people  called  him  a  fraud,  a  quack  and  a  humbug,  that  I  was 
persuaded  to  let  him  alone,  and  stopped  taking  the  medicine  after 
two  doses.  Then  I  went  to  San  Francisco  and  was  treated  by  some 

of  the  best  physicians  there.  I 
remained  three  months  under 
their  care;  then,  as  I  was  no 
better,  I  returned  to  Los  An- 
geles, and  consulted  the  best 
physicians  I  could  find  there. 
I  was  treated  for  several 
months  by  the  best  phy- 
sicians in  Redlands,  and  also 
went  to  Long  Beach,  hoping 
that  a  change  of  climate 
would  benefit  me,  and  con- 
sulted the  best  doctors  I  could 
find  there.  All  of  these 
changes  and  experiments  did 
me  no  good  whatever.  The 
doctors  all  disagreed  in  their 
diagnoses.  Some  called 
it  consumption,  but  none  of 

JOHN   SC«AI,EY. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY       /  233 

them  did  me  any  good.  Some  of  them  said  that  it  was  enlargement  of 
the  heart,  and  incurable.  On  the  20th  day  of  February,  my  physi- 
cian in  Los  Angeles  advised  me  to  go  home,  as  he  said 
that  I  could  not  last  twenty-four  hours.  At  that  time  I 
had  had  no  rest  for  a  long  time,  and  was  burning  up  with  fever  which 
my  physicians  were  unable  to  control  in  the  slightest  degree.  My 
temperature,  was  106  degrees,  and  my  heart  was  palpitating  at  the 
rate  of  140  beats  a  minute. 

In  desperation  I  went  to  Dr.  Foo,  whom  I  had  abandoned  just 
two  years  before  for  the  numerous  American  physicians  under  whose 
direction  I  had  steadily  gone  from  bad  to  worse.  Dr.  Foo  told  me 
that  my  trouble  was  an  affection  of  the  kidneys  and  bladder,  which 
affected  the  heart,  and  that  the  heart  case  was  very  much  enlarged, 
causing  the  goitre.  He  said  that  he  could  cure  me,  and  I  commenced 
treatment.  I  began  at  once  to  get  better  very  slowly,  but  surely. 
Within  a  day  or  two  my  fever  was  less,  my  pulse  was  lower  and  I  was 
able  to  sleep.  In  five  weeks  I  went  to  work  for  the  first  time  in  two 
years.  I  continued  the  treatment  for  six  months,  and  have  just  finish- 
ed it.  I  am  now  working  every  day  and  feel  and  look  as  well  as  I 
ever  did.  It  took  about  three  or  four  weeks  to  reduce  all  the  swelling 
of  my  heart  and  to  take  it  all  away,  and  to  bring  my  pulse  down  to  its 
natural  beat  of  80  to  the  minute.  JOHN  SCBALEY. 


A   WONDERFUL    CURE    OF    HEART    AND    STOMACH    TROUBLE. 

BASE  LINE,  San  Bernardino,  Cal.,  September  1,  1896. 
To  the  Public: 

I,  J.  T.  Burrows,  feel  it  my  duty  to  say  a  few  words  in  behalf  of 
Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  and  for  the  benefit  of  any  afflicted  as  I  have  been. 
I  ailed  for  many  years  with  pains  in  the  region  of  my  heart  and 
stomach,  also  with  headache  in  the  back  of  my  head  and  pains  in 
the  cords  of  my  neck,  so  bad  at  times  that  I  thought  I  would  die. 
My  heart  would  palpitate  until  I  could  hardly  stand  on  my  feet.  I 
had  doctored  a  great  deal,  but  had  received  very  little  benefit,  was 
very  nervous,  and  I  often  thought  my  time  had  come. 

I  had  often  heard  of  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  and  of  the  wonderful  cures 
he  had  performed  at  Redlands,  California,  so  I  concluded  to  inves- 


234  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

tigate  his  methods.  On  inquiry  I  found  a  number  of  persons  he  had 
cured  when  they  had  despaired  of  ever  getting  well,  having  been  told 
by  their  physicians  that  there  was  no  hope  for  them.  After  taking 
Dr.  Foo's  herb  teas  for  three  months  I  gained  twelve  pounds,  and 
felt  well  and  full  of  life.  Dr.  Foo  Yuen  is  a  gentlemanly  man,  in 
every  way  kind  and  courteous,  treating  all  alike. 

J.  T.  BURROWS. 


A    SERIOUS    CASE    MADE    WELL. 

REDLANDS,  Cal.,  July  27,  1894. 


T.  Foo  Yuen: 


Dear  Sir:  If  I  had  any  relatives  in  bad  health  I  should  surely 
recommend  them  to  you.  I  enjoyed  good  health  until  I  was  wounded 
in  the  war  of  the  rebellion.  After  that  I  never  felt  well  until  I  had 
undergone  treatment  from  you.  My  digestive  organs  troubled  me 
always,  and,  although  taking  medicines  and  being  treated  by  several 
physicians  of  highly  recommended  medical  institutes,  could  not  get 
well.  A  neuralgic  pain  started  in  my  face,  confining  itself  to  my 
right  cheek.  The  pain  grew  stronger,  and  I  went  to  a  dentist  and  had 
two  teeth  extracted,  but  got  no  relief.  I  consulted  two  local  doctors, 
who  gave  me  morphine.  I  tried  another  doctor,  who  during  twelve 
days  tried  everything  which  he  thought  ought  to  bring  relief,  but 
without  avail,  so  I  had  another  tooth  pulled.  In  both  instances  the 
teeth  were  found  to  be  sound. 

My  mind  became  seriously  affected,  and  I  realized  that  I  was  in 
danger  of  becoming  insane.  My  friends  insisted  that  I  should  try 
Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  and  I  finally  consented  to  do  so.  As  soon  as  you 
felt  my  pulse  you  said  that  my  case  was  very  serious,  adding,  "It  will 
be  difficult  for  me  to  do  anything  for  you;  your  trouble  is  caused  by 
the  stomach  and  spleen;  I  will  tell  you  alter  ten  or  fourteen  days' 
treatment  whether  I  can  cure  you  or  not."  I  began  treatment.  After 
twelve  days  you  said  you  could  cure  me,  provided  I  would  follow 
your  directions  strictly,  adding  that  the  treatment  would  last  about 
seven  months.  You  examined  me  day  after  day,  and  I  improved 
very  much  under  your  treatment.  After  ninety-four  days  I  became 
tired  of  the  diet  and  medicine,  and  feeling  so  much  better,  I  thought 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  335 

it  was  enough,  and  quit.  It  did  not  take  me  long  to  see  my  mistake, 
and  that  I  had  been  foolish  not  to  follow  on  your  treatment.  You 
had  insisted  that  I  should  keep  up  the  treatment  three  months  more, 
and  get  entirely  well,  but  I  thought  it  would  do,  as  the  treatment  had 
helped  me  wonderfully;  not  only  did  it  take  that  pain  away,  but  did 
a  great  deal  of  good  to  my  general  health. 

You  are  a  wonderful  man  and  a  perfect  gentleman  and  bound 
to  acquire  a  wide  reputation.  H.  W.  TIMMONS, 

Notary  Public. 


MITRAL    STENOSIS    RELIEVED. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Gal.,  October  14,  1897. 

Some  six  years  ago,  while  living  in  Chicago,  I  began  to  be  ill  with 
what  Chicago  physicians  called  mitral  stenosis,  a  disease  of  the  heart. 
They  informed  me  that  the  case  was  incurable,  because  the  mitral 
valve  was  closed,  preventing  the  blood  from  being  sent  through  the 
arteries,  as  it  is  sent  in  a  normal  condition,  and  sometimes,  especially 
under  the  influence  of  fatigue  or  excitement,  sending  it  back  into  the 
lungs,  causing  me  great  pain  and  anxiety.  I  consulted  several  phy- 
sicians in  Chicago,  who  prescribed  for  me.  The  treatment  given 
was  principally  digitalis,  arsenic,  iron,  strychnine  and  similar  tonics, 
intended  to  stimulate  the  action  of  the  heart  in  the  hope  of  strength- 
ening it.  I  also  took  a  course  of  baths,  devised  by  a  German  phy- 
sician, which  were  recommended  for  enlarging  the  heart,  thus  giving 
the  mitral  valve  greater  freedom  of  action.  But  I  received  no  per- 
manent benefit  from  any  of  these  remedies  and  forms  of  treatment. 

Like  many  others,  I  came  to  California  two  years  ago  for  the 
benefit  of  the  climate.  After  residing  here  for  a  time  I  heard  of 
the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  and,  as  a  last  resort,  I  com- 
menced to  take  their  treatment.  I  have  continued  the  treatment 
ever  since,  and  my  general  health  is  improved.  I  feel  encouraged 
by  the  results  already  reached  in  my  case,  and  shall  continue  the 
herbal  treatment  for  another  year,  the  length  of  time  which  the 
doctors  say  will  be  required  for  a  complete  cure. 

MRS.   J.   PANKEY, 

Pico  Heights. 


236  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

A   CONCISE    DISCUSSION   OF   ORIENTAL   MEDICINE. 

SAN  BERNARDINO,  Gal.,  October  30,  1896. 
To  the  Public: 

My  experience  with  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  illustrates  some  points 
which  I  think  it  is  very  important  that  all  persons,  whether  they 
aro  sick  or  well,  should  understand  for  their  own  benefit.  I  shall 
therefore  make  a  full  statement  of  the  circumstances  in  my  case.  In 
1892  I  commenced  feeling  somewhat  out  of  sorts,  a  little  different  than 
ever  before.  At  times  I  was  troubled  with  a  feeling  of  heaviness, 
which  caused  me  easily  to  become  very  tired.  Sometimes  I  had  no 
appetite,  and  at  times  I  felt  slight  rheumatic  pains  coming  and  going. 
I  was  not  very  sick,  but  I  understood  that  I  was  likely  to  become 
worse;  that  there  was  a  root  of  some  disease  in  my  vital  organs, 
which  were  not  performing  their  proper  functions.  Therefore  I  con- 
sulted different  American  physicians  for  some  time,  trying  to  find 
a  medicine  that  would  help  me,  but  I  received  very  little  benefit. 

This  went  on  until  November,  1894,  when  I  became  very  sick. 
My  feet  were  swollen  very  badly.  I  again  took  medicine,  but  became 
worse  instead  of  better.  I  had  great  pain  in  my  swollen  feet.  I 
could  not  sleep  and  could  not  walk.  At  this  time  I  happened  to  see 
Mr.  James  Campbell,  who  said  to  me:  "Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  has  cured 
many  people  whom  I  know  of.  Many  who  have  been  sick  for  a 
long  time  and  have  not  been  able  to  get  help  from  other  doctors 
have  gone  to  him  and  been  cured.  I  think  he  is  a  man  who  has  had 
a  very  good  education,  and  I  want  you  to  see  him."  But  I  answered 
him  and  said:  "If  the  American  doctors  are  so  smart  and  still 
cannot  help  me,  I  don't  think  the  Chinese  doctor  can  do  better  than 
they  can,"  and  so  I  did  not  go  to  see  Dr.  Foo. 

A  GOOD  ARGUMENT. 

But  in  March,  1895,  Mr.  Campbell  saw  me  again  and  said  that 
if  I  had  taken  the  white  doctor's  medicine  a  long  time  without  benefit 
and  did  not  try  some  new  way  I  was  very  foolish;  that  this  country 
is  still  new,  and  perhaps  the  doctors  have  made  some  mistakes  in 
the  methods  which  they  teach;  but  that  China  is  an  old  country,  and 
has  more  people  living  in  it,  and  that  some  of  those  living  there  must 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  237 

have  knowledge,  because  Dr.  Foo  had  cured  lots  of  patients  who  had 
been  unable  to  get  any  help  whatever  before  they  saw  him.  "It  is 
better,"  he  said,  "for  you  to  see  him  now  and  not  wait  too  long  a  time. 
If  you  wait  too  long  and  become  incurable  he  will  not  take  you." 
In  reply  to  this  argument  I  said:  "I  have  some  well  educated  friends 
who  tell  me  that  there  are  some  very  good  doctors  in  China,  but  that 
the  Chinese  language  is  harder  to  learn  than  that  of  any  other  coun- 
try, and  that  it  is  hard  to  find  educated  people  there.  If  it  is  hard 
to  find  an  educated  doctor  in  China  I  don't  think  an  educated  Chinese 
doctor  would  come  here;  but,  as  you  have  talked  to  me  so  much  about 
this,  the  fact  does  not  matter,  and  I  will  try  to  see  Dr.  Foo,"  and 
accordingly  I  went  to  see  him  that  same  morning.  This  was  early  in 
April,  1895. 

TOLD    HIM    EVERYTHING. 

I  did  not  yet  believe  in  the  Chinese  doctor,  but  Dr.  Foo  told  me 
everything  about  my  case  without  asking  a  single  question  except  my 
age.  This  surprised  me  very  much,  and  his  reasoning  about  the 
case  convinced  me  that  he  understood  it.  I  also  saw  his  certificate 
from  the  Chinese  Consul  at  San  Francisco  and  others  and  from  that 
time  had  respect  for  him,  and  at  once  commenced  to  take  his  medi- 
cines. For  the  Urst  seven  or  eight  days  they  seemed  to  make  me  a 
little  worse,  but  the  doctor  told  me  that  they  were  only  stirring  up 
the  impurities  in  my  system,  and  that  I  should  not  mind  this.  In 
twelve  days  I  began  to  feel  better.  I  had  good  sleep  and  there  was 
less  pain.  After  that  I  improved  all  the  time  until  I  became  entirely 
well  and  strong.  My  skin  cleared  up  and  became  as  white  as  a  new- 
born babe's  in  about  four  and  a  half  months,  or  one  course  and  a 
half  of  the  medicines. 

HOW  TO   KEEP  WELL. 

When  I  stopped  taking  the  medicine  and  left  Dr.  Foo  I  asked 
him  for  directions  for  following  by  which  I  could  keep  well  all  the 
time.  I  told  him  I  would  follow  these  and  take  the  very  best  care  of 
myself.  He  said  that  in  China  educated  people  take  care  of  them- 
selves by  stopping  a  sickness  in  advance  and  before  it  becomes  serious. 
In  the  summer  time  they  take  medicine  for  five  or  six  weeks  and 


238  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

clean  out  their  systems.  In  the  winter  time  they  also  take  a  course 
of  medicine  for  five  or  six  weeks,  and  thus  they  have  no  sickness, 
because  they  keep  themselves  pure.  He  said  that  all  persons  who 
have  been  cured  of  a  long  sickness,  even  though  they  are  entirely 
cured,  nevertheless  are  not  well  and  strong  as  young  men  who  have 
always  been  well,  and  that  about  every  six  months  there  is  some 
unavoidable  effects  upon  their  systems  from  different  causes.  There 
may  be  some  wear  and  tear  from  mental  labor,  or,  as  he  said,  from 
the  seven  affections,  or  the  food  and  drink  may  not  be  entirely 
correct,  or  there  may  be  some  injury  from  overwork,  or  some  accumu- 
lation from  the,  worn-out  materials  of  the  body  which  are  not  fully 
eliminated  from  the  system  as  they  should  be,  or  there  may  be  some 
bad  effectr  from  the  weather.  In  these  ways  sickness  comes  to  all, 
and  on'*  who  has  been  ill  is  more  liable  to  these  attacks  than  others. 

NEGLECT   IS   DANGEROUS. 

If  this  slight  sickness  is  not  stopped  then  the  man  becomes 
worse.  The  root  of  the  difficulty  grows,  and  by  and  by  perhaps  he 
takes  cold  or  something  else  is  wrong  and  then  there  is  a  bad  case 
of  sickness  which  is  very  hard  to  cure  and  becomes  dangerous  to 
life.  But  if  he  takes  a  few  weeks'  course  of  medicine  summer  and 
winter,  twice  a  year,  these  troubles  are  stopped  at  their  commence- 
ment, and  the  man  keeps  healthy  all  the  time.  This,  Dr.  Foo  claimed, 
was  a  very  good  plan  indeed. 

WORTH   REMEMBERING. 

I  heard  what  the  doctor  had  to  say  upon  this  subject  and  thought 
that  it  was  a  very  good  thing  for  me  to  remember.  After  I  had  gone 
home  the  year  I  was  cured  I  kept  improving  a  long  time.  I  was 
better  all  the  time  until  1896,  never  being  sick  at  all. 

In  June  and  July  of  this  year  I  intended  to  take  a  short  course 
of  medicine,  but  I  was  very  busy,  and  thought  that  I  could  not  spare 
the  time.  Besides  I  was  feeling  so  well  that  I  thought  it  unnecessary 
to  take  any  more.  But  between  the  first  of  August  and  the  first  of 
October  it  seemed  to  me  that  my  system  was  not  in  as  good  trim 
as  it  had  been,  perhaps  on  account  of  the  long  continued  hot  weather. 
Then  I  saw  at  once  what  Dr.  Foo  had  taught  me  was  a  necessary 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  239 

thing  to  know.  I  made  up  my  mind  that  it  is  better  to  take  medicine 
for  health  than  for  sickness.  I  made  a  big  mistake  once  when  I  let 
my  sickness  go  so  long,  and  do  not  intend  to  make  another  of  that 
kind.  I  propose  to  take  a  short  course  of  medicine  for  one  or  two 
months  and  to  check  whatever  difficulty  there  may  be  right  at  the 
start.  I  can  see  the  consistency  and  reasonableness  of  this  method 
and  I  hope  everybody  who  wishes  to  take  care  of  his  health  will  give 
this  matter  sufficient  attention  to  understand  it  for  himself.  I 
believe  that  in  this  way  everybody  could  keep  well  and  healthy,  and 
could  stop  sickness  at  the  start.  As  far  as  I  am  concerned  I  will 
never  wait  again  too  long  before  consulting  my  doctor,  and  I  believe 
that  Dr.  Foo's  herbal  remedies  are  the  best  in  the  world  for  this 
kind  of  treatment.  E.  P.  LANE, 

With  Riverside  Water  Company. 

San    Bernardino,    Cal.,    Oct.    30,    1896. 

(Witness)  JAMES  CAMPBELL. 


A  CURE  OF   HEMORRHOIDS  OF  THIRTY-SEVEN  YEARS'  STAND- 
ING—THE   CASE    COMPLICATED    BY    INFLAMMA=^ 
TORY    RHEUMATISM    AND    THREAT-yf 
ENED    PARALYSIS. 

^*tS^LiF ' 

Mr.  J.  W.  Symmes  is  a  respected  and  well-known  citizen  of  Red- 
lands,  Cal.  He  was  born  in  1830.  In  early  life  he  was  engaged  in 
mining,  and  contracted  the  beginnings  of  his  subsequent  physical 
infirmities  through  exposure  in  that  occupation.  His  difficulties 
started  with  constipation  and  piles,  from  which  he  suffered  37  years 
with  occasional  intervals  of  temporary  relief  from  various  physicians. 
In  1874  a  swelling  appeared  over  the  short-ribs  on  the  right  side, 
and  no  treatment  could  reduce  it.  In  1889,  rheumatism  was  added 
to  Mr.  Symmes'  other  infirmities,  and  by  Christmas  of  that  year  he 
was  absolutely  helpless. 

Mr.  Symmes  was  then  taken  to  Arrowhead  Springs,  and  took  a 
course  of  mud  baths,  with  only  a  slight  benefit.  He  returned  to 
Stockton,  and  continued  treatment  with  specialists.  But  he  continued 
to  grow  worse,  and  finally  went  to  Redlands  for  the  benefit  of  the 
mild  southern  climate.  At  this  time  he  was  unable  to  do  any  work 


240  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

whatever,  was  constantly  in  pain,  and  considered  himself  likely  to 
die  at  any  time.  He  heard  of  Dr.  Foo,  and  consulted  him.  The  results 
of  his  treatment  by  Dr.  Foo  are  best  expressed  in  his  own  words: 
"His  diagnosis  gave  me  hope,  and  I  was  glad  to  try  him.  After 
about  five  weeks'  daily  treatment  the  pain  across  the  back  of  my 
head  left  me  suddenly,  and  I  went  to  look  for  the  swelling  which,  for 
twenty  years  had  troubled  my  side,  but  it  had  disappeared;  all  I 
could  feel  was  an  empty  spot  and  a  weakness.  While  under  Dr. 
Foo's  treatment  I  had  to  remain  on  my  back  for  four  weeks.  I  had 
no  more  constipation  or  pain  of  any  kind.  Dr.  Foo  is  one  of  thel  most 
conscientious  medical  men  I  ever  met,  and  through  his  skill  and  the 
help  of  God,  I  have  been  cured  of  my  ailments  of  long  standing." 

The  above  words  were  written  some  three  years  ago.  He  has 
never  had  a  return  of  his  difficulties  worth  mentioning,  and  that  the 
cure  in  his  case  was  permanent  as  well  as  satisfactory  is  abundantly 
shown  by  the  following  letter  which  we  have  recently  received  from 
him.  We  offer  it  as  final  proof  in  a  case  which  we  consider  among 
the  most  remarkable  of  those  that  Dr.  Foo  has  undertaken.  Mr. 
Symmes  says: 

REDLANDS,  Cal.,  September  10,  1896. 
Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Dear  Sir:  In  response  to  your  inquiry  I  am  pleased  to  say  that 
my  great  improvement  in  health  has  continuea  until  the  present  time. 
As  advanced  in  age  as  I  am,  I  can  now  attend  to  my  daily  work,  and 
feel  well  in  every  respect.  In  fact,  I  feel  better  than  I  did  when 
I  was  ten  years  younger.  I  am  at  present  engaged  in  ranching,  or 
some  form  of  out-door  work,  nearly  every  day.  I  consider  myself 
remarkably  fortunate  in  having  met  you,  and  become  one  of  your 
patients  at  the  very  critical  time  in  my  life  when  I  happened  to  hear 
of  you.  I  believe  that  if  I  had  not  obtained  relief  through  your  treat- 
ment and  your  herbal  remedies,  I  should  not  have  recovered.  I  still 
follow  out  in  great  measure  the  healthy  diet  which  you  taught  me 
to  observe,  and  I  believe  that  it  is  of  great  assistance  to  me  in  keep- 
ing my  health.  I  always  take  pleasure  in  giving  the  credit  of  my 
cure  to  those  to  whom  it  rightfully  belongs,  namely,  to  your  skill, 
efficacious  herb  teas,  and  to  your  system  of  living. 

Very  truly  yours,  J.  W  SYMMES. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  241 

INFLAMMATORY     RHEUMATISM     RESULTING     FROM     MALARIA 

CURED. 

I  take  pleasure  in  giving  my  humble  opinion  of  Dr.  Foo  as  a 
physician.  In  the  first  place,  his  diagnosis  of  my  case,  it  being  by  the 
pulse  alone,  seemed  to  me  wonderful,  he  thereby  locating  my  trouble 
exactly.  On  my  first  visit  to  the  doctor  I  was  perfectly  helpless,  not 
being  able  to  take  a  single  step  without  assistance.  My  legs  were 
swollen  to  such  an  extent  from  the  knees  to  the  toes  that  no  joints 
were  visible.  This  he  entirely  reduced  in  five  days'  treament,  and  the 
swelling  has  not  returned  in  the  least.  He  explained  to  me  the 
nature  of  the  different  poisons  in  my  system  and  how  he  would  expel 
them,  which  he  did  in  fourteen  days'  treatment.  What  most  sur- 
prised me  was  the  simplicity  of  his  treatment  and  the  purity  of  his 
medicines,  they  being  entirely  vegetable — herbs,  roots,  berries  and 
barks.  This  I  can  verify  from  personal  observation.  I  am  now,  after 
a  little  over  four  weeks'  treatment,  as  weu  as  ever,  excepting  a  little 
weakness  in  my  legs,  which  are  daily  improving.  My  friends  who 
came  to  see  me  when  I  was  ill  now  tell  me  they  never  expected  to 
see  me  out  again. 

In  regard  to  the  success  of  my  treatment,  it  is  more  than  wonder- 
ful in  view  of  the  fact  that  I  am  advanced  in  age.  I  have  received  treat- 
ment from  other  doctors,  but  instead  of  improving  I  continued  to 
grow  worse  until  I  took  treatment  from  Dr.  Foo.  One  who  has  suf- 
fered the  excruciating  pains  from  rheumatism  alone  can  imagine  the 
joy  of  my  experience  in  being  cured. 

Very  respectfully,  THOMAS  STEWART, 

Redlands,  Cal.,  March  1,  1894. 


A   CURE   OF   SCIATICA. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  July   22,   1898. 
T.    Foo    Yuen: 

I  feel  so  grateful  for  the  relief  I  have  received  through  your  herb 
treatment  that  I  consider  it  my  duty  to  let  others  who  are  afflicted 
as  I  have  been  know  the  herb  treatment  will  cure  when  all  others 
fail. 


242  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

My  complaint  was  a  most  severe  case  of  sciatic  rheumatism  (so 
called  by  physicians  who  treat  the  effect  instead  of  the  cause).  I 
had  become  distorted  and  almost  helpless  before  consulting  Dr.  Foo. 
In  his  diagnosis  of  my  case,  without  asking  a  question,  he  pronounced 
it  malaria  and  mineral  poison,  which  I  admitted  had  been  given  me 
as  nerve  tonics. 

Dr.  Foo  does  not  treat  the  effect,  but  his  herb  remedies  and  diet 
rules  have  most  effectually  removed  the  cause,  as  well  as  the  mineral 
poison.  Eastern  doctors,  after  months  of  treatment,  sent  me  here 
almost  helpless.  I  believe  I  owe  my  life  to  Dr.  Foo's  herb  treat- 
ment. MRS.  J.  H.  SIMPSON, 

636  West  Jefferson  street. 


RELIEF  OF  A  VERY  DIFFICULT  CASE. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  October  20,  1897. 

For  the  past  two  years  my  mother,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Wright,  now  67 
years  of  age,  has  been  confined  to  her  bed  or  to  an  invalid's  chair 
with,  a  disease  which  our  family  physician  called  paralysis.  It  had 
been  coming  on  by  degrees  for  ten  years,  and  seemed  to  be  compli- 
cated by  rheumatism,  as  there  was  much  swelling  of  the  limbs  and 
rheumatic  pain.  We  tried  various  forms  of  treatment,  medicines, 
electricity,  liniments,  etc.,  without  any  appreciable  benefit.  Several 
physicians  declined  to  treat  the  case,  saying  that  it  was  incurable. 

Last  March  we  commenced  treatment  with  the  Foo  and  Wing 
Herb  Company.  I  consider  that  a  complete  cure  has  been  made, 
except  that  my  mother  cannot  walk  yet.  The  swelling  has  been 
reduced,  and  she  has  lost  some  thirty  pounds  in  weight,  which  was 
a  great  improvement  in  her  condition.  She  can  now  stand  alone,  and 
has  the  free  use  of  her  arms,  which  she  was  unable  to  use  for  a  long 
time.  The  trouble  now  seems  to  be  entirely  in  the  cords  and  tendons 
under  the  knees,  which  are  still  stiffened,  probably  because  they  have 
been  unused  for  so  long  a  time;  but  we  are  still  in  hopes  that,  by 
further  treatment  they  may  become  relaxed  so  as  to  enable  her  to 
walk. 

MRS.  M.  A.  WILLIAMS, 

1927  Atlantic  avenue. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  243 

TESTIMONIAL  OF   MRS.   M.  D.  WERTH. 

The  following  appreciative  and  kindly  letter  is  from  the  wife  of 
a  well-known  clergyman  retired  from  the  active  duties  of  his  calling 
and  residing  in  Los  Angeles.  Mrs.  Werth  says: 

I  feel  it  my  duty,  for  the  encouragement  of  the  sick  and  suffer- 
ing, to  give  my  testimony  for  what  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company 
have  done  for  me. 

When  I  moved  with  my  family  from  San  Francisco  to  San  Diego, 
I  began  to  feel  sick.  I  was  unable  for  some  time  to  superintend  my 
household,  until  I  was  stricken  down  with  la  grippe  of  the  worst 
kind.  For  a  while  my  friends  feared  for  my  life;  I  became  so  weak 
that  I  was  unable  to  move  or  rise  from  my  bed  without  assistance. 
It  seemed  that  I  had  only  a  few  more  days  to  live,  and  even  my  phy- 
sicians despaired  of  my  recovery.  After  a  long  spell  of  sickness  I 
recovered  slowly,  but  found  that,  while  la  grippe  itself  had  left  me, 
there  remained  a  continual  pain  in  my  back,  which  almost  disabled 
me  to  do  any  work.  I  tried  several  remedies,  but  in  vain.  I  consulted 
different  physicians,  but  they  gave  me  no  permanent  relief.  I  feared 
that  other  complications  might  set  in,  and  soon  experienced  kidney 
trouble,  feeling  weaker  every  day,  and  had  a  continued  feeling  of 
tiredness. 

When  Doctor  T.  Foo  Yuen  and  his  associates  moved  in  our 
neighborhood,  I  noticed  that  very  many  sick  people  came  to  the 
doctors  for  treatment.  When  I  inquired  of  some  of  them  as  to  the 
efficiency  of  their  remedies,  I  heard  nothing  but  praises,  and  some 
of  them  testified  as  being  cured  entirely  and  permanently  from 
diseases  that  seemed  to  be  incurable.  This  caused  me  to  visit  the 
doctors. 

To  my  great  astonishment,  the  doctor  asked  me  no  questions,  but 
after  he  had  felt  the  pulse  of  my  right  and  left  hands,  told  me  all 
about  my  maladies,  even  locating  the  pains  in  my  back  so  plainly 
that  I  could  not  have  described  them  any  plainer.  It  was  perfectly 
natural  for  me  to  think  that  a  doctor  who  knew  my  sickness  so  well 
would  certainly  know  the  remedies  for  the  same  as  well. 

After  taking  a  few  doses  of  his  medicine,  I  felt  a  change  for  the 
better,  the  pain  became  less  severe,  the  tired  feeling  left  me,  I  became 
more  cheerful,  and  now  I  am  entirely  well,  joyful  and  happy. 


244  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

I  have  written  these  lines  to  express  my  gratitude  to  the  physi- 
cians of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  and  to  recommend  them 
to  the  sick  and  the  afflicted  as  most  skillful  physicians. 

MRS.    MARY   D.   WERTH, 
916  South  Broadway,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


NEURALGIA  CURED. 

406  Mason  street, 

SAN  FRANCISCO.  Cal.,  March  24,  1894. 
To  Whom  It  May  Benefit: 

I  do  willingly  add  my  endorsement  to  the  superior  skill  and 
excellent  faculties  of  Dr.  Foo  in  handling  diseases  of  all  natures  and 
stages.  I  would  certify  that,  during  the  summer  of  1893,  while  at 
Redlands,  I  was  taken  with  a  severe  attack  of  neuralgia,  which  I 
supposed  originated  from  a  decayed  tooth,  but  which  idea  I  aban- 
doned, after  having  the  tooth  extracted.  I  would  writhe  in  misery 
from  midnight  to  sunrise.  I  consulted  Dr.  Foo,  who  diagnosed  my 
case  as  arising  from  malarious  gases  in  my  system.  I  began  treat- 
ment, and  in  two  weeks'  time  was  so  benefited  that  the  attacks  were 
less  severe  and  changed  to  the  forenoon.  At  the  end  of  the  eighth 
week  I  was  entirely  cured.  The  effect  of  his  medicine  was  such  that 
it  not  only  affected  the  local  symptoms  and  seat  of  disease  but  acted 
on  the  whole  system,  thereby  causing  me  to  feel  healtheir  than  ever 
before. 

I  would  also  add  that  during  my  acquaintance  with  Dr.  T.  Foo 
Yuen  I  have  always  found  him  a  most  estimable  man  and  a  perfect 
gentleman,  who  never  offended  anyone,  being  always  of  a  genial 
disposition  and  thoroughly  intellectual.  This  testimonial  is  sent 
willingly  and  unsolicited,  in  hopes  that  many  subjects  of  suffering 
humanity,  who  may  be  so  fortunate  as  to  fall  into  his  healing  hands, 
may  be  so  blessed.  Yours  in  sincerity, 

(Signed)  EDWIN    CAMPBELL. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  245 

CURE   OF   BRAIN   FEVER  AND  OTHER   DIFFICULTIES. 

R.  D.  Brumagim  of  Redlands  was  treated  by  Dr.  Foo  for  brain 
fever,  and  afterwards  for  other  difficulties  less  severe.  Of  the  results 
of  the  treatment  in  his  case  he  speaks  in  the  following  appreciative 
language: 

REDLANDS,  Gal.,  January  18,  1895. 
To  the  Public: 

I  can  speak  in  very  high  praise  of  the  skill  and  knowledge  of 
Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen.  The  remarkably  short  time  required  to  give  me 
complete  relief  in  three  different  attacks  of  intense  suffering — one 
of  brain  fever,  from  which  I  recovered  to  resume  my  business  duties 
in  ten  days — and  the  other  troubles  being  completely  removed  with 
only  three  and  five  doses  of  medicine,  is  convincing  evidence  that 
Dr.  Foo's  medicines  are  in  perfect  harmony  with  the  laws  of  the 
human  system.  Such  immediate  relief  could  be  afforded  only  by  a 
selection  of  the  proper  agents,  and  as  a  result  of  a  positively  correct 
diagnosis. 

When  I  review  in  my  mind  the  many  complete  cures  that  Dr. 
Foo  has  effected,  in  cases  which  were  considered  incurable,  and 
doubtless  were  incurable  by  other  methods,  I  am  led  to  hope  that  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  when  his  system  of  medicine  will  be  adopted 
generally.  R.  D.  BRUMAGIM. 


CHAPTER  XL 


THE    CAUSES    AND    CURE    OF    PILES. 

Piles,  or  hemorrhoids,  are  called  by  many  different  names.  The 
term  hemorrhoids  is  properly  applied  to  all  of  the  different  forms 
of  this  disease.  In  extreme  cases  the  trouble  takes  the  painful  form 
of  a  fistula.  There  are  blind,  bleeding  and  itching  piles,  inward  piles 
and  outward  piles,  but  all  of  the  different  kinds  arise  from  similar 
causes. 

If  the  piles  are  external  they  are  easily  cured  by  the  use  of  our 
powders  and  ointment.  But  those  that  are  internal  and  cannot  be 
seen  are  more  difficult  to  cure  because  they  are  harder  to  reach. 
Still,  if  one  has  the  proper  remedies  there  is  no  difference  in  the 
end  between  the  hard  and  easy  cases.  They  can  all  be  cured,  pro- 
vided that  the  remedies  can  be  made  to  reach  them,  and  we  have 
remedies  wfiich  can  do  this.  The  causes  are  the  same  and  the  reme- 
dies are  equally  good.  The  only  difference  is  in  the  method  of  appli- 
cation. 

Some  cases  of  piles  arise  from  the  use  of  improper  foods  and 
liquids.  This  gives  rise  to  poisons  resulting  from  indigestion  and 
fermentation  of  the  food  in  the  stomach.  The  poisons  settle  in  the 
intestines,  and,  every  day,  when  the  bowels  move,  the  poisons  are 
forced  down  into  the  rectum,  and,  little  by  little,  in  the  course  of 
time,  the  piles  take  form.  Piles  cannot  arise  at  once,  but  come  by 
degrees  in  the  way  just  stated.  Some  piles  are  caused  by  malarial 
fever,  which  is  improperly  treated  by  poisonous  mineral  remedies. 
These  accumulate  in  the  bowels  and  cause  piles,  after  a  time.  Some 
cases  arise  from  syphilitic  poison,  which  is  thrown  off  from  the 
kidneys.  When  mercury  is  taken  for  the  cure  of  syphilis  piles  are 
often  caused. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  247 

Some  physicians  cut  the  piles  away  and  cause  them  to  discharge 
from  the  inside.  Sometimes  inflammation  from  the  lungs  passes 
down  through  the  intestines  and  causes  piles.  The  lungs  and  the 
large  intestines  are  connected,  and  what  affects  the  one  will  affect 
the  other.  Some  cases  of  piles  arise  from  dysentery,  or  bloody  flux, 
which  is  improperly  treated.  The  mucus  arising  from  it  is  not  taken 
away,  because  condensed  medicines  are  used  which  stop  the  move- 
ments too  quickly.  The  impurities  thus  left  in  the  system  settle 
deep  in  the  rectum  and  a  case  of  hemorrhoids  is  the  result.  Measles 
and  some  skin  diseases  produce  piles  when  the  poison  resulting 
from  them  is  not  fully  removed.  Sometimes,  in  cases  of  childbirth, 
all  of  the  congealed  blood  resulting  is  not  removed  and  causes  piles 
by  finally  settling  in  the  rectum.  Sometimes  blood  poisoning  acts 
in  a  similar  way.  It  sometimes  attacks  the  muscles  of  the  lower 
bowel  and  causes  a  running  of  blood  after  the  movement  of  the 
bowefs.  Sometimes  poisoned  blood  arising  from  the  stomach  or 
kidneys,  when  diseased,  settles  in  the  rectum  and  causes  itching  piles. 
The  liquor  habit  causes  piles.  So  do  certain  other  diseases  of  long 
standing.  In  like  manner  sometimes  the  pile  poison  causes  other 
diseases,  if  it  is  not  removed  from  the  system  for  a  long  time. 

In  this  way  many  different  things  cause  piles  and  the  root  of 
the  poison  is  very  deep-seated.  It  goes  along  the  kidneys,  intestines 
and  stomach.  Sometimes  it  arises  in  the  womb  and  goes  through  the 
womb,  the  kidneys,  the  ovaries  and  the  bowels.  This  congealed  blood 
remains  in  the  body  so  long  that  its  being  there  is  a  sort  of  second 
nature  and  it  goes  all  through  the  vital  organs.  It  is  necessary  to 
use  internal  remedies  in  order  to  remove  the  root  of  the  poison.  Also 
to  use  external  remedies,  such  as  our  powder  and  ointment,  in  order 
to  draw  away  the  poison  from  its  deepest  location  and  to  get  rid  of 
it  through  the  outside  of  the  piles.  This  process  causes  the  piles  to 
swell  for  a  few  days,  while  the  poison  is  gathering  in  them.  Then 
they  begin  to  discharge  and  the  swelling  goes  down.  The  piles  grow 
smaller  and  soon  disappear  entirely.  This  is  certainly  the  very  best 
way  to  treat  this  disease  in  any  of  its  forms,  because  there  can  be  no 
permanent  cure  unless  the  poison  is  entirely  removed  from  the  body. 

The  most  difficult  form  to  treat  is  that  known  as  inward  piles. 
In  these  cases  there  is  much  suffering  after  every  movement  of  the 
bowels.  Internal  remedies  are  required  to  cure  this  form  of  disease 
and  also  our  steam  treatment  and  some  of  our  injections,  which  carry 
the  remedies  directly  to  the  seat  of  the  trouble.  These  remedies  are 


248  POO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

invaluable  in  these  forms  of  disease.  Every  time  they  are  employed 
the  fragrant  smell  from  them  fills  the  room,  and  from  this  you  will 
know  that  they  are  very  good  as  well  as  strong.  But  both  forms  of 
remedies,  the  internal  and  the  external,  must  be  employed  in  order  to 
get  the  full  benefit.  Sometimes  persons  afflicted  with  this  disease 
employ  physicians  to  cut  the  piles  away.  But  if  they  do  cut  them 
away  they  still  do  not  cut  away  the  root  of  the  disease.  After  a  few 
months  the  trouble  comes  on  again  as  bad  as  ever,  or  worse.  Cutting 
affords  no  permanent  cure  and  the  patient  finally  has  to  come  to  us. 
It  is  much  better  to  come  to  us  in  the  first  place  and  save  the  pain 
and  suffering  and  delay  of  these  unprofitable  operations.  To  remove 
the  root  of  the  trouble  is  the  only  possible  way  of  effecting  a  cure. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  has  always  followed  the  above 
methods  and  has  accomplished  many  cures.  We  have  even  cured 
cases  where  there  have  been  abscesses  in  the  bowels  or  liver  or  even 
cancers.  The  treatment  for  inward  piles  will  cure  all  these  troubles. 
We  have  had  so  many  testimonials  of  these  diseases  which  have 
been  cured  that  we  cannot  print  them  all.  We  give  you  the  tes- 
timonial of  Mr.  Symmes,  for  instance.  He  suffered  first  from  piles, 
which  were  not  cured.  Afterwards  this  became  rheumatism.  G.  W. 
Hazard  was  ill  first  from  eczema  and  paralysis  and  these  afterwards 
developed  into  piles.  The  case  of  Sadie  McPherson  of  Santa  Ana  was 
similar.  So  was  that  of  Mrs.  Hendrickson  of  Redlands.  She  had 
difficulties  of  this  sort  which  we  cured  at  Redlands,  but  her  tes- 
timonial does  not  mention  the  piles  because  her  principal  difficulty 
was  from  another  disease.  Our  book  contains  many  testimonials  of 
this  sort,  where  this  disease  was  complicated  by  others. 

But  all  of  these  used  the  same  treatment  to  draw  the  poison  from 
the  system.  The  testimonial  of  Mrs.  Shevan,  in  this  book,  is  another 
example.  She  called  her  malady  an  abscess  of  the  liver  and  bowels, 
but  we  employed  the  same  treatment  to  draw  away  the  poisons  and 
impurities  which  were  causing  the  abscesses.  A  similar  case  was 
that  of  Mr.  Ingoldsby  of  Chicago,  who  was  treated  for  cancer  of  the 
bowels.  We  '  employed  the  same  treatment.  By  these  illustrations 
you  will  understand  how  diseases  that  are  called  by  different  names 
and,  in  some  respects,  have  different  symptoms  and  afflict  the  patients 
in  different  ways,  are  really  from  the  same  or  very  similar  causes 
and  may  be  cured  by  the  same  treatment.  The  blood  must  be  purified 
by  internal  treatment  and  external  remedies  must  also  be  used,  these 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  249 

varied  to  suit  the  needs  of  different  individuals.  But  we  have 
been  uniformly  successful  in  all  of  these  very  painful,  and,  if 
neglected,  dangerous  diseases. 


SHORT  AND   TO   THE    POINT. 

SPOKANE,  Wash.,  Oct.  15,  1898. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.: 

Gentlemen:  I  take  pleasure  in  testifying  to  the  remarkable 
curative  virtues  contained  in  the  remedies  used  by  you  in  your  prac- 
tice. And  also  to  the  successful  treatment  and  skillful  diagnosis  of 
the  most  stubborn  and  difficult  diseases.  My  wife  had  been  a  suf- 
ferer for  many  years  from  bronchial  catarrh  and  piles.  Had  been 
treated  by  the  best  specialists  in  various  cities  without  any  benefit. 
But  under  your  treatment  was  entirely  cured  of  piles  in  a  few  weeks, 
and  has  been  greatly  helped  in  her  bronchial  trouble.  I  would  cheer- 
fully recommend  all  sufferers  to  consult  these  educated  gentlemanly 
Chinese  physicians,  knowing  that  they  will  do  all  that  human  skill 
can  accomplish. 

Gratefully  and  truly  yours,  V.  C.  'MILLER. 

I  fully   concur   in   all   the   above. 
MRS.  V.  C.  MILLER. 


PILES,  CATARRH  AND  GRANULATED  SORE  EYES  COMPLETELY 

CURED. 

State   of   California, 
County  of  San  Bernardino.  Newport  Lumber  Co., 

REDLANDS,  Cal.,  Feb.  25,  1894. 
T.  Foo  Yuen: 

Dear  Sir:  In  regard  to  your  inquiry  concerning  what  benefits  I 
have  received  under  your  treatment,  I  would  say  first,  by  way  of 
explanation  of  my  troubles,  that  I  had  what  is  commonly  called  blind 
bleeding  piles,  also  catarrh  and  granulated  eyelids,  all  of  which  have 


250  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

bothered  me  for  years,  and  for  which  I  had,  at  different  times,  doc- 
tored with  five  leading  physicians  of  Southern  California.  The  first 
trouble  mentioned  had  become  of  such  a  painful  nature  that  I  was 
told  that  nothing  but  an  operation  would  ever  relieve  me,  and  the 
chances  of  it  not  being  successful  were  not  pleasant  to  contemplate. 
As  to  my  catarrh  and  eyes,  I  was  under  the  direction  of  a  physician, 
treating  them  daily.  Through  friends,  I  had  heard  of  your  wonderful 
power  in  diagnosing,  and  some  cures  you  had  performed,  although 
you  had  but  recently  come  to  our  city. 

I  tried  to  smother  what  prejudice  I  had  for  the  "heathen,"  and 
was  driven  up  to  your  office  for  treatment,  after  which  I  was 
thoroughly  satisfied,  for  without  a  word  from  me — through  the  pulse 
alone — you  told  me  exactly  my  trouble  and  its  cause.  While  the 
cause  was  to  me  entirely  new,  the  reasons  given  were  so  practical 
that  no  one  could  help  but  believe  them.  I  commenced  a  course  of 
treatment,  going  to  your  office  nearly  every  day,  and  am  now — at  the 
end  of  five  months — entirely  well  of  my  ailments. 

Yours  very  respectfully,  G.  E.  FOSTER, 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me,  this  12th  day  of  April,  1894. 

(Signed)  FRANK  C.  PRESCOTT, 

Notary  Public. 


CURED  OF  A  COMPLICATION   OF  DISORDERS. 

SAN  BERNARDINO,  Cal.,  May  29,  1897. 

As  the  proprietor  of  the  Occidental  Hotel  in  San  Bernardino, 
where  Dr.  Foo  had  an  office  at  intervals  for  two  years  and  a  half,  I 
had  a  chance  to  see  very  many  of  his  patients  and  to  watch  the  effect 
of  his  treatment.  At  first  I  had  no  faith  whatever  in  Chinese  med- 
icine, and,  although  I  had  been  suffering  for  a  long  time  with  bowel 
trouble,  I  would  not  consult  Dr.  Foo. 

I  noticed  that  nearly  all  the  people  who  did  consult  the  doctor 
were  afflicted  with  old,  chronic  diseases,  which  were  very  difficult 
to  cure,  and  I  supposed  that  most  of  them  had  been  given  up  by 
other  physicians.  Very  much  to  my  surprise  I  found  that  they  all 


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got  along  nicely,  and  I  began  to  hear  them  tell  about  their  cures  and 
to  praise  Dr.  Foo  and  his  remedies. 

All  of  the  cases  got  along  so  well  that  I  became  satisfied  to  take 
the  treatment.  I  had  already  tried  several  different  physicians  and  had 
received  no  benefit.  My  general  health  was  very  poor  then,  as  a 
result  of  my  bowel  trouble.  I  had  no  strength  and  wanted  to  lie 
down  all  the  time.  I  also  had  fever  much  of  the  time,  and  stomach 
and  bowel  trouble  all  of  the  time.  I  commenced  the  treatment,  and, 
after  one  month,  began  to  see  a  benefit  from  it,  and  after  that  I 
improved  all  the  time,  and  after  two  months  I  looked  very  different 
than  I  had  before.  I  grew  stronger,  had  more  energy,  and  wanted  to 
do  something.  In  three  or  four  months  I  was  completely  cured,  and 
have  had  no  return  of  my  difficulty  since  then.  My  health  is  now  so 
good  that  I  realize  the  great  benefit  which  I  have  received,  and  wish 
to  say  something  for  Dr.  Foo,  so  that  other  people  who  are  afflicted 
as  I  have  been  may  also  have  an  opportunity  to  be  cured. 

MRS.  E.  R.  VAN  DEURSEN. 


TESTIMONIAL  OF   MRS.  HENDREN. 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  November  25,  1898. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company: 

Gentlemen:  My  recent  experience  with  your  remedies  in  a  case 
of  diphtheria  is  well  worthy  of  remembrance. 

I  took  a  severe  cold,  with  light  fever  and  great  pain  in  my 
throat.  I  was  confined  to  my  bed  at  once.  After  a  few  days  the 
throat  difficulty  grew  much  worse.  My  friends  thought  that  I  had 
diphtheria. 

I  had  heard  of  the  wonderful  cures  effected  by  your  Company, 
and  I  was  acquainted  with  Mrs.  Werth,  one  of  your  patients. 

My  daughter  called  on  doctor  Foo  who  gave  her  one  of  his  ques- 
tion-blanks. I  answered  the  questions  and  he  sent  me  remedies.  He 
said  that  I  was  surely  threatened  with  diphtheria,  and  had  got  the 
remedies  just  in  time  to  arrest  the  attack.  I  took  the  remedies  and 
was  able,  in  a  few  days  to  leave  my  bed.  I  am  sure  that  these 
remedies  saved  my  life. 


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I  continued   the  treatment  for  one   month,   and  have   since   felt 
better  that  at  any  time  for  the  past  ten  years. 

Very  truly  yours,  MRS.  BELLE  HENDREN, 

S.  Hill   street,   cor.   Sixth,  "Norwood." 


AN    ATTACK    OF    DIPHTHERIA   AVOIDED. 


LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  April  18,  1897. 

Last  February  my  daughter  Lulu  went  through  a  severe  attack 
of  la  grippe,  which  was  followed  by  complications  that  threatened 
diphtheria.  Her  throat  was  very  badly  swollen;  she  had  a  high  fever 
and  was  unable  to  leave  her  bed  for  a  few  days.  The  physicians  of 
the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  commenced  treating  her  at  once. 
The  treatment  consisted  of  the  herb  teas  and  of  powders  which  were 
blown  into  the  throat  to  prevent  the  formation  of  the  ulcers  which 
usually  appear  in  cases  of  this  kind.  My  daughter  was  out  of  bed 
in  two  or  three  days  and  able  to  go  out  of  doors  as  usual  in  a  couple 
of  weeks,  although  she  was  a  long  time  in  recovering  from  the 
weakness  brought  on  by  the  sickness.  She  has  had  no  sore  throat 
or  any  trouble  of  the  sort  since. 

Dr.  Yoth,  who  happened  to  be  at  the  house  during  this  illness, 
and  saw  my  daughter  several  times,  said  that  all  of  her  symptoms 
were  those  of  threatened  diphtheria,  and  that  if  it  had  not  been  for 
the  prompt  and  effective  treatment  given  her  it  would  undoubtedly 
have  gone  forward  into  a  severe  illness,  which  might  have  endan- 
gered my  daughter's  life.  We  considered  ourselves  very  fortunate  in 
the  termination  of  the  case,  especially  as  there  were  no  after  effects, 
which  so  often  follow  cases  of  this  sort  and  are  often  of  great  injury 
to  the  health  for  many  years  or  for  life.  The  herb  teas  prevented 
anything  of  this  sort.  MRS.  M.  A.  HAZARD. 


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THROAT    TROUBLES    AND    COMPLICATIONS— A    VARIED    EXPE- 
RIENCE. 

REDLANDS,  Cal.,  April  30,  1897. 
To  Whom  It  May  Concern: 

My  acquaintance  with  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  now  dates  back  about 
four  years.  It  commenced  when  I  consulted  him  for  different  diffi- 
culties which  had  troubled  me  for  a  long  time,  finally  taking  the 
form  of  so-called  bronchitis,  with  ulcers  in  my  throat,  pains  in  my 
chest  and  a  general  debilitated  condition.  I  had  also  been  greatly 
afflicted  with  hemorrhoids. 

Dr.  Foo  informed  me  that  all  of  these  difficulties  had  their  origin 
in  a  poisoned  condition  of  the  system,  dating  from  the  birth  of  my 
son,  thirteen  years  before,  and  that  if  they  were  neglected,  as  time 
went  on,  they  would  grow  worse  and  might  result  in  rheumatism  or 
consumption.  His  pulse  diagnosis  was  so  complete  that  I  was  both 
surprised  and  pleased.  I  commenced  treatment,  and  in  about  four 
months  was  completely  cured.  I  became  in  every  way  better  and 
much  stronger  than  I  had  been  for  many  years. 

As  I  lived  next  door  to  Dr.  Foo  for  two  years  in  Redlands  I  had 
opportunities  to  know  many  of  his  patients,  and  I  also  afterwards 
tested  his  methods  of  treatment  when  my  children  were  ill,  once  with 
a  case  of  scarlet  fever  and  once  with  la  grippe.  I  learned  to  respect 
Dr.  Foo  thoroughly  as  a  physician  and  to  honor  him  as  a  man,  for 
his  uniform  courtesy  and  kindness  of  heart,  as  well  as  for  his  great 
skill  and  his  many  successes  in  very  difficult  cases. 

As  time  passes,  although  the  doctor  has  removed  to  Los  Angeles, 
I  have  still  known  of  him,  and  have  heard  with  pleasure  that  his 
practice  has  steadily  increased  and  that  his  reputation  has  grown 
greater  year  by  year.  I  believe  that  the  more  widely  this  system  of 
medicine  is  known  the  better  it  will  be  for  American  people.  During 
the  four  years  which  have  now  elapsed  since  I  was  cured,  my  own 
health  has  been  so  good,  as  compared  with  what  it  was  before  that,  to 
my  mind,  the  value  and  permanency  of  the  cure  possible  through  this 
system  of  medicine  are  established  beyond  a  doubt.  I  shall  always  con- 
sider it  the  very  best  way  known  to  man  of  treating  all  disorders 
of  the  human  body. 

One  other  thing  I  wish  particularly  to  mention,  as  it  may  save 
some  one  else  from  a  great  deal  of  suffering.  Last  September  I  was 


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bitten  on  the  arm  by  a  black  spider.  I  called  one  of  the  best 
physicians  in  Redlands,  who  did  everything  in  his  power  for  me,  and 
probably  saved  my  life,  but  he  told  me  frankly  that  he  could  not 
remove  all  of  the  poison  from  my  system  anu  that  I  must  outgrow  it. 
The  veins  turned  black  all  over  my  body,  and  I  had,  day  and  night, 
indescribable  pains  resembling  those  from  acute  rheumatism.  I  had 
no  relief  from  these  for  ten  days,  and  looked  at  the  end  of  that  time 
like  a  person  who  was  just  recovering  from  typhoid  fever.  Dr.  Foo 
then  came  to  Redlands,  and  I  consulted  him.  In  a  very  few  days  after 
taking  the  herbs  that  he  gave  me  the  pains  all  left  me  and  I  gradually 
recovered,  although  it  was  several  weeks  before  I  had  my  health  back 
again.  The  bites  of  these  spiders  are  sometimes  fatal,  and  I  consider 
myself  very  fortunate  in  knowing  of  Dr.  Foo's  skill  and  in  being  able 
to  avail  myself  of  it  at  this  time.  MRS.  A.  J.  HENDRICKSON. 


MEDICINE  VERSUS  SURGERY. 


Growth  of  a  Popular  Fad  for  the  Use  of  the  Knife— Thousands 
of  Unnecessary  Surgical  Operations— Nothing  Impossible 
With  the  Proper  Remedies— A  Case  that  Completely 
Proves  the  Value  of  the  Herbal  Medicines. 

The  human  mind  is  the  most  perverse  thing  in  the  universe.  Every- 
thing else  is  governed  by  invariable  laws,  but  the  freedom  of  action 
permitted  thought  also  permits  mankind  to  deviate,  to  a  certain  ex- 
tent, from  the  natural  laws  provided  for  its  benefit.  Man  may  do  as 
he  chooses  in  many  things,  and  he  often  abuses  this  liberty  by  choos- 
ing to  act  against  his  own  best  interests. 

This  is  emphatically  true  of  everything  relating  to  the  laws  of 
health.  We  do  what  seems  agreeable,  regardless  of  the  consequences. 
When  baleful  results  of  our  course  of  action  compel  us  to  reform  and 
to  seek  relief  in  medical  treatment,  we  still  get  as  far  away  as  we 
can  from  the  simple  processes  of  nature.  Our  methods  of  medical 
practice  are  artificial.  They  do  not  conform  to  the  processes  of  na- 
ture as  seen  in  the  growth  of  all  forms  of  life,  vegetable  and  animal. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  255 

These  are  replaced  by  the  devices  of  human  ingenuity,  which  appear 
to  be  reasonable,  but  are  unsuccessful  because  they  are  not  in  har- 
mony with  nature.  Modern  surgery  is  an  especially  conspicuous  ex- 
ample of  great  skill  and  the  highest  technical  knowledge  misdirected 
and  misused.  It  is  a  glittering  fraud  because  its  methods,  which 
compel  admiration  by  their  brilliancy,  are  nevertheless  destructive 
of  health  and  do  not  accomplish  cures. 


ONLY  ONE  METHOD  OF  CURE. 

In  a  broad  and  general  sense  there  is  only  one  method  of  curing 
disease  and  that  is  nature's  method  of  growth  and  change  from  within 
the  body.  The  method  of  growth  is  also  the  method  of  cure.  A 
diseased  portion  can  be  replaced  by  a  portion  that  is  sound  by  the 
same  process  of  growth  which  originally  created  it — provided  that 
it  can  be  fed.  This  is  just  as  true  of  the  tissues  of  the  brain  or  of 
the  bone  as  it  is  of  the  skin  or  the  flesh.  The  whole  secret  of  suc- 
cess in  the  treatment  of  any  disease  is  in  furnishing  the  body  with 
the  proper  food  through  the  stomach  and  the  blood.  This  may  be 
assisted  in  many  cases  by  outward  applications  to  heal  those  tissues 
that  have  become  inflamed  and  to  remove  those  that  have  been  des 
troyed  by  the  progress  of  the  disease.  In  these  cases  success  comes 
from  a  skillful  use  of  both  internal  remedies  and  external  applica- 
tions. 


NO  BRICKS  WITHOUT  STRAW. 

The  skill  of  the  best  workman  is  unavailing  if  he  has  no  tools 
and  no  material  to  work  with.  Yet  the  modern  physician,  who  is 
supposed  to  be  a  workman  of  the  highest  skill,  selects  the  poorest 
tools  and  the  worst  materials  within  his  reach  and  attempts  to  bring 
about  the  most  important  results,  depending  upon  the  most  intricate 
processes.  This  is  a  most  curious  and  astounding  exhibition  of  illog- 
ical reasoning,  yet  it  is  seen  every  day  in  every  civilized  community. 
Apart  from  accident  and  external  causes  disease  usually  results  from 
the  presence  of  some  poisonous  substance  in  the  blood,  creating 
inflammation,  from  pressure  upon  or  other  derangement  of  the  nerve 


256  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

centers,  from  failure  of  a  vital  function,  or  from  lack  of  nutrition. 
To  remove  or  remedy  these  conditions  the  average  physician  goes 
directly  away  from  nature's  methods  and  selects  poisons  which  he 
administers  in  the  place  of  foods.  When  he  desires  immediate 
results  he  injects  these  directly  into  the  blood,  employing  a  degree 
of  haste  and  force  which  is  in  itself  contrary  to  nature  and  productive 
of  great  injury.  When  he  attempts  to  feed  a  patient,  who  is  starving 
in  the  midst  of  plenty,  because  he  cannot  properly  assimilate  his  food, 
the  modern  doctor  overdoes  the  business  by  administering  the  richest 
and  most  concentrated  foods  within  his  reach,  forgetting  that  all 
processes  of  growth  and  healing  are  necessarily  slow  and  cannot  be 
hurried. 

THE   FOUNDERS   OF  A    BETTER   SYSTEM. 

The  one  nation  that  has  consistently  followed  a  better  system  than 
this  for  hundreds  of  years  is  one  that  is  little  known  and  often  mis- 
understood. Yet  it  has  given  to  the  world  many  inventions  of  incal- 
culable value.  It  originated  the  art  of  printing,  which  is  the  foun- 
dation of  all  modern  civilization.  It  invented  gunpowder,  upon  the 
use  of  which  are  based  all  the  gigantic  and  complex  results  of  modern 
warfare.  In  the  fine  arts  it  has  produced  the  finest  papers,  the  most 
delicate  tapestries,  the  most  cunning  products  of  metallurgy,  the  most 
beautiful  results  of  the  potter's  skill.  In  all  these  lines  it  preserves 
secrets  that  are  centuries  old,  yet  they  accomplish  results  that  cannot 
be  improved  upon.  They  embody  the  whole  sum  and  substance  of 
human  knowledge  upon  these  subjects.  The  same  fact  is  true  of 
their  medical  system.  It  is  not  to  be  despised  because  of  its  antiquity. 
On  the  contrary,  its  consistent  use  by  a  great  and  constantly-growing 
nation,  for  hundreds  of  years,  proves  its  superiority  over  our  own, 
which  is  constantly  changing  but  never  improving. 

THE  CHINESE  HERBAL  SYSTEM     A  SUCCESS. 

The  Chinese  herbal  system  of  medical  treatment  is  a  success. 
Facts  speak  louder  than  words;  results  are  better  proof  than 
theories.  Experience  must  and  will  finally  overcome  prejudice.  Every 
patron  of  this  system  is  a  living  advocate  of  its  merits.  The  number 
of  these  is  constantly  growing.  They  quietly  recommend  this  system 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  257 

to  their  friends,  and  every  day  some  timid  and  unbelieving  invalid 
gathers  courage  to  test  the  system  in  his  own  case.  The  results  in 
scores  of  cases  surpass  the  highest  expectations  of  those  who  enter 
upon  the  treatment.  Every  now  and  then  some  cure  is  accomplished 
that  is  especially  brilliant  and  astonishes  even  those  who  are  familiar 
with  what  this  system  of  medicine  can  do.  It  cures  because  its 
methods  are  based  upon  the  methods  of  nature — the  real  healer  in 
every  case — and  have  been  perfected  by  centuries  of  experience. 

BETTER  CURE  THAN   CUT. 

By  a  modest  estimate,  the  herbal  treatment  would  cure  50  per 
cent,  of  the  cases  that  find  their  way  to  the  surgeon's  operating  table. 
And  it  is  to  this  phase  of  the  subject  that  we  desire  to  call  attention 
in  this  article.  It  is  certainly  one  of  the  most  important  open  to 
public  discussion,  for  no  one  can  tell  when  accident  or  disease  may 
render  it  of  special  importance  to  himself  or  to  some  member  of  his 
family.  To  be  forewarned  is  to  be  forearmed,  and  some  of  the 
people  who  glance  at  this  article  today  may  be  glad  to  remember  it 
a  year  from  now.  This  has  been  our  experience  in  the  past,  for 
facts  and  illustrations  of  cases  that  were  put  before  the  public  long 
ago  are  still  bearing  fruit  and  doing  good  by  informing  the  afflicted 
where  relief  may  be  obtained.  Most  people  are  careless  of  their 
health,  but  some  have  the  good  sense,  after  they  have  lost  it,  to  seek 
for  the  best  means  of  regaining  it.  We  have  had  the  pleasure  of 
assisting  many  of  these  and  hope  to  assist  many  more. 

THE   ORDINARY   ROUTINE. 

The  average  practitioner  of  the  day  dislikes  cases  that  may  call 
for  surgical  interference.  He  knows  that  he  cannot  cure  these  with 
the  remedies  and  the  skill  at  his  command.  So  he  refers  them  to 
the  specialist,  a  physician  who  is  supposed  to  have  made  a  special 
study  of  a  number  of  diseases  and  to  have  unusual  resources  at  his 
command  for  curing  these,  because  he  limits  his  practice  to  a  few. 
But  the  specialist,  although  he  may  know  more  in  his  line  than  the 
general  practitioner  who  distributes  his  energies  over  a  wider  field, 
has  only  the  same  remedies  at  his  command.  He  may  use  these  more 
intelligently  in  certain  cases,  but  his  resources  are  nevertheless 


258  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

limited.  We  will  admit  that  he  sometimes  cures,  but  when  he  fails, 
as  he  often  does,  there  is  then  only  one  other  thing  to  be  done.  That 
portion  of  the  body  which  is  diseased  and  cannot  be  healed  must  be 
cut  away.  This  is  the  surgeon's  opportunity.  An  operation  is  per- 
formed and  the  patient  is  maimed,  to  a  greater  or  less  extent.  He 
is  not  cured,  but  he  is  usually  thankful  for  escaping  with  his  life. 
Often  his  health  is  wrecked  and  he  becomes  a  confirmed  invalid  as  a 
remote  consequence  of  the  operation,  but  he  usually  believes  this  to 
have  been  unavoidable  and  so  drifts  along  thinking  that  he  has  fared 
as  well  as  he  could  have  expected. 


THIS  IS  A   MISTAKE. 

There  are  hundreds  of  cases  where  all  this  misery  and  suffering 
and  resulting  sickness  is  unnecessary.  In  these  cases  the  operations 
could  have  been  avoided  and  the  patients  could  have  been  restored 
to  health  without  suffering  or  danger  of  any  kind.  There  are  scores 
of  men  and  women  in  Southern  California  today  who  are  congrat- 
ulating themselves  that  they  escaped  the  direful  results  of  surgical 
operations  through  the  Oriental  System  of  Herbal  Medication.  This 
is  especially  true  of  many  women,  for  in  the  field  of  the  diseases  of 
women  the  specialist  and  the  surgeon  find  their  golden  opportunities. 
Many  of  the  cures  that  we  have  made  are  unknown  to  the  general 
public,  although  we  know  that  those  who  have  been  cured  are  very 
grateful  to  us.  A  few  have  been  so  remarkable,  so  absolutely  unpre- 
cedented, that  we  have  felt  justified  in  placing  the  details  before  the 
public.  These  have  aroused  a  great  deal  of  attention  and  have 
excited  much  discussion,  which  has  done  good  because  others  who 
needed  the  benefits  of  our  skill  have  heard  of  it.  One  of  the  most 
remarkable  of  these  cases  was  that  of  little  Clara  Humphrey,  who 
was  cured  by  us  in  1895.  After  two  years  of  incessant  suffering  and 
three  unsuccessful  surgical  operations,  we  took  her,  at  the  last 
moment  when  eight  leading  surgeons  of  Los  Angeles  declared  that 
amputation  of  her  leg  was  necessary  in  order  to  save  her  life,  cured 
her  and  restored  her  to  as  perfect  a  condition  of  health  as  she  had 
ever  known,  without  lameness  or  any  deformity.  Another  remarkable 
case  was  that  of  Robert  Dexter  of  San  Bernardino,  who  suffered  for 
three  years  with  lameness  resulting  from  a  trifling  injury  to  his  knee, 
which  was  not  properly  treated  and  went  from  bad  to  worse,  until  it 


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became  a  deformity  that  was  chronic  and  even  threatened  his  life 
from  blood  poisoning.  We  restored  him  to  health  and  the  activity 
of  youth  after  every  other  means  had  failed.  We  mention  these  cases 
especially  because  they  were  chronic  diseases  of  the  bone  and  the 
popular,  though  utterly  false,  idea  is  that  these  cannot  be  successfully 
treated  by  internal  medication. 


ONE   OF   OUR    REMARKABLE   CURES. 


SAN  BERNARDINO,  Gal.,  August  5,  1898. 


T.  Foo  Yuen: 


I  feel  so  truly  grateful  to  you  for  the  wonderful  cure  you  made  in 
my  dear  child's  case,  that  I  cannot  refuse  you  a  testimonial.  Six  years 
ago  my  son,  Roy  E.,  then  three  years  and  a  half  old,  was  thrown  from 


ROY  E.  BURCHAM. 

a  hammock  and  injured  his  spine.  Soon  after  an  enlargement  was 
formed.  The  first  doctor  that  I  consulted  informed  me  that  the  ver- 
tebra did  project  in  that  way  sometimes,  and  that  was  nothing  to 
worry  about. 

As  he  grew  worse,  I  consulted  another  doctor,  and  he  immediately 
put  on  a  plaster-paris  jacket.  In  about  two  weeks  an  abscess  broke 
under  the  jacket  at  the  point  of  injury.  As  he  was  such  a  healthy 
child,  that  soon  healed. 


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Six  weeks  from  the  time  the  first  jacket  was  applied,  a  second 
one  was  put  on,  and  in  another  six  weeks  he  underwent  the  torture 
for  the  third  time.  He  suffered  so  much  that  the  doctor  soon  removed 
that  and  found  that  another  abscess  had  formed  lower  down,  and  at 
the  side  of  the  spine.  That  was  called  a  "cold  abscess,"  and  was 
allowed  to  get  "ripe"  and  when  it  was  opened  a  pint  of  pus  was  taken 
out,  and  in  three  weeks'  time  half  that  quantity.  Then  a  drainage 
tube  was  inserted  which  had  to  be  removed  every  morning  and  all 
thoroughly  cleansed  with  peroxide  of  hydrogen,  an  operation  which 
was  as  hard  on  me  as  the  child.  The  inside  of  the  vertebra  began  to 
decay  and  a  number  of  pieces  of  bone  worked  out.  Other  abscesses 
formed  until  he  had  five  openings  in  the  back  and  one  in  the  groin. 
Sometimes  it  would  be  months  that  he  could  not  walk.  Finally  his 
blood  was  so  full  of  poison  that  he  had  a  chill  every  other  day.  Then 
in  desperation  I  overcame  my  prejudices  and  went  to  consult  Dr. 
Foo.  When  he  diagnosed  his  case  by  just  feeling  his  pulse,  I  was 
perfectly  astonished.  I  put  him  under  his  care  the  following  week, 
and  today  he  is  perfectly  well.  I  am  satisfied  that  if  he  had  been 
treated,  by  Dr.  Foo  at  the  first  that  it  would  have  saved  him  years  of 
suffering,  and  that  his  back  would  not  be  deformed. 

Dr.  Foo's  treatment  is  so  mild.  All  he  used  was  pouliices,  plasters 
and  liniments  and  the  herb  teas. 

I  have  found  Dr.  Foo  very  reliable  in  all  his  dealings.  I  make  this 
statement  in  hopes  that  many  subjects  of  suffering  humanity  may  be 
cured  by  Dr.  Foo's  treatment. 

Facts  speak  for  themselves,  and  if  any  person  is  skeptical  as  to 
the  truth  of  this  statement,  they  can  call  on  or  address, 

MRS.  A.  A.  BURCHAM, 

San  Bernardino,  Cal. 


A   DISLOCATED  SHOULDER. 

To  the  Public: 

Feeling  deeply  grateful  to  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  for  what  he  has  done 
for  me,  I  wish  to  say  a  few  words  in  his  behalf. 

Four  months  ago  I  had  the  misfortune  to  dislocate  my  right  arm 
at  the  shoulder.  The  American  doctors  set  it  for  me,  but  it  seemed 
to  be  very  stiff,  so  I  called  on  Dr.  Foo  Yuen,  who  gave  me  a  thorough 


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examination  and  informed  me  that  he  could  cure  me  in  a  short  time. 
I  concluded  to  try  his  treatment,  and  in  six  days  I  could  use  it  as 
well,  as  ever,  and  in  four  weeks  it  was  entirely  well. 

I  consider  the  herb  remedies  the  best  for  all  diseases. 

MRS.  EMjMA  FLOOD, 
301  East  Fifth  street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


INJURIES  TO  BONES  CURED. 

247  East  Tenth  street, 
RIVERSIDE,  Cal.,  August  30,  1896. 
Dear  Sir: 

It  is  now  nearly  four  years  ago  since  I  met  with  a  serious  acci- 
dent, resulting  in  breaking  two  ankle  bones.  I  unfortunately  fell  off 
the  roof  of  a  house  I  was  painting.  Local  doctors  treated  me  at  once, 
but  after  a  time  we  found  blood  congealed  under  the  feet,  paralyzing 
the  muscles,  which  contracted  the  foot,  causing  great  pain,  and 
crippling  me  entirely.  Some  people  advised  me  to  undergo  an 
operation,  but  I  strongly  objected  to  such  a  proceeding.  I  ultimately 
heard  of  Dr.  Foo  and  the  remarkable  cures  he  had  effected,  and 
determined  to  try  his  treatment,  which  decision  I  look  upon  as 
saving  me  from  being  a  cripple.  The  doctor  found  my  system  in  a 
very  weak  and  nervous  condition;  but  after  a  few  days'  treatment 
I  could  rest  better,  and  began  to  feel  an  improvement.  After  three 
months'  treatment  I  was  cured. 

In  reply  to  your  inquiry  as  to  my  present  state  of  health,  I  am 
very  pleased  to  say  that  my  general  state  of  health  was  never  better, 
and  my  ankles  and  feet  do  not  trouble  me  in  the  least. 

I  am,  yours  very  truly,  W.  G.  COX. 


THREATENED  WITH  THE  LOSS  OF  A  LEG,  BUT  CURED. 

I  came  to  California  last  October  from  the  East  in  perfect  health, 
but  about  the  first  week  in  November  I  sprained  my  right  ankle.  I 
caught  cold  in  it  and  it  inflamed  badly.  I  went  to  a  private  hospital 


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for  treatment  and  remained  five  weeks  undergoing  treatment  and 
suffering  most  excruciating  pains.  I  then  was  advised  by  the  attend- 
ing physicians  to  have  my  leg  cut  off.  I  thought  my  case  was  not 
understood  by  them,  and  I  left  the  hospital.  At  this  time  I  had  five 
bad  wounds  in  my  leg,  and  could  not  put  my  foot  to  the  ground,  and 
had  to  walk  on  crutches  with  the  greatest  difficulty.  I  had  a  friend 
who  was  taking  treatment  from  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen.  My  friend  was  an 
Eastern  lady,  afflicted  with  asthma,  diabetes  and  other  complicated 
diseases.  She  had  been  treated  by  the  best  specialists  in  the  East 
without  much  relief,  but  after  taking  Dr.  Foo's  remedies  she  began 
to  improve  right  along.  She  brought  me  one  of  Dr.  Foo's  pamphlets, 
giving  an  account  of  little  Clara  Humphrey's  case,  which  I  read  with 
great  interest,  but  was  very  skeptical  about  Chinese  doctors,  and  did 
not  pay  much  attention  to  it  at  the  time.  Later,  however,  upon 
inquiry  and  investigation,  I  found  that  Clara  Humphrey  was  perfectly 
cured.  One  day  my  friend  asked  me  to  go  to  Dr.  Foo's  office  for  her 
medicines  and  requested  me  to  let  Dr.  Foo  feel  my  pulse  and  diagnose 
my  case.  I  did  so  and  was  satisfied  he  knew  what  he  was  about,  and 
I  concluded  to  take  his  remedies  at  once. 

He  assured  me  that  he  could  cure  my  leg  by  July;  it  was  then  the 
middle  of  April.  So  he  gave  me  medicines,  and  in  July  my  leg  was 
perfectly  cured. 

Yours  very  truly,  PROF.  F.  H.  VOLLERY. 


BAFFLED  THE  BEST  DOCTORS. 

A  case  in  which  we  recently  took  much  interest  and  successfully 
treated  was  that  of  Miss  Williamson,  of  Spokane,  Washington.    That 
the  result  was  very  satisfactory  to  the  patient  and  to  her  friends  is 
shown  by  the  following  short  but  decidedly  appreciative  letter: 
SPOKANE,  Washington,  April  28,   1899. 
T.  Foo  Yuen.  Los  Angeles,  Cal.: 

Dear  Sir:  Just  a  note  to  express  my  gratitude  to  you  for  curing 
my  sister  of  a  disease  that  baffled  the  best  doctors  in  the  West. 

I  am,  yours  in  gratitude,  A.  S.  WILLIAMSON, 

840  Nettie  Avenue,  Spokane,  Wash. 

The  above  case  was  one  of  a  bone  injury  to  the  wrist.  This  was 
of  long  standing,  had  involved  four  surgical  operations  and  resulted 
in  blood  poisoning.  When  Miss  Williamson  commenced  treatment 
with  us  she  was  being  urged  to  "have  the  arm  amputated,  a  calamity 
from  which  our  remedies  saved  her. 


CHAPTER    XIL 

DISEASES  OF  THE    EYE. 

Diseases  of  the  eye  are  very  prevalent.  And  the  indications  are 
that  they  are  constantly  increasing  in  number.  This  is  shown  by  the 
great  number  of  people,  old  and  young,  who  are  compelled  to  wear 
spectacles,  many  of  them  from  their  earliest  school  days.  It  is 
apparent  that  there  are  tendencies  at  work  which  are  increasing  the 
number  of  cases  of  eye  difficulty.  A  number  of  names  are  given  to 
the  principal  diseases  of  the  eye  which  have  no  meaning  for  the 
average  citizen.  It  is  not  our  purpose  to  name  these  disorders,  but 
we  do  propose  to  show  how  some  of  the  most  common  originate  and 
how  they  may  be  successfully  treated  by  the  herbal  system  of  medica- 
tion. 

The  eye  is  a  very  important  member  of  the  human  body.  Nothing 
is  a  greater  misfortune  than  loss  of  sight.  It  is  often  worse  than 
death  itself.  Moreover,  from  the  very  delicate  and  complicated  con- 
struction of  the  eye,  any  disease  of  this  organ  is  more  troublesome 
and  more  to  be  dreaded  than  disease  of  almost  any  other  organ. 
There  are  many  different  causes  of  such  diseases.  Many  of  these  are 
remote  and  unsuspected  but  nevertheless  very  frequent.  For  instance, 
there  is  a  relation  and  a  bodily  connection  between  the  liver  and  the 
eye.  Any  disease  of  the  liver,  such  as  jaundice,  for  example,  imme- 
diately shows  itself  in  the  eye.  Sometimes  a  person  takes  a  cold 
which  settles  in  the  liver.  This,  after  a  little,  reaches  the  eye. 
Improper  diet  or  the  use  of  unwholesome  liquids  causes  impurities  in 
the  stomach  and  bowels.  These  impurities  are  carried  through  the 
circulation  to  the  eye  and  produce  cataracts. 

Many  cases  of  eye  troubles  follow  other  diseases.  Thus  fevers 
frequently  cause  diseases  of  the  eye.  Physicians  do  not  have  the 
proper  remedies  to  drive  the  poison  caused  by  fevers  out  of  the 


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system.  They  use  mineral  remedies  only  and  these  condense  the 
poison,  instead  of  causing  it  to  expand  and  scatter  and  to  be  thrown 
out  of  the  body  through  the  skin  and  other  excretory  organs.  Con- 
sequently, the  poison  settles  in  the  vital  organs  and  from  them  it 
sometimes  rushes  to  the  brain  and  produces  inflammation  of  the  eye. 
Sometimes  when  men  are  working  in  the  heat  of  the  sun  the  eyes 
become  affected.  Measles  and  similar  diseases,  such  as  eczema,  hives 
and  erysipelas,  leave  poisons  in  the  system  when  no  proper  remedies 
— like  the  herbal  remedies — are  used  to  drive  them  out.  A  remnant 
of  poison  is  left,  attacks  the  vital  organs,  and  finally  finds  its  way 
to  the  eyes. 

Excessive  sexual  indulgence  puts  out  the  fire  of  the  eye  and 
makes  it  dark  and  dull.  There  is  no  light  in  it.  Too  severe  brain 
labor  weakens  the  eyes.  Sometimes  there  are  epidemics  in  the 
atmosphere  which  cause  diseases  of  the  eye.  These  make  the  eyes 
red  through  inflammation  and  these  difficulties  usually  spread  from 
one  member  of  a  family  to  another  until  all  have  been  affected. 
Sometimes  a  mother  who  has  a  disorder  of  the  eye  gives  it  to  her 
child  through  nursing  it.  And  sometimes  children  inherit  weakness 
or  disease  of  the  eyes  from  their  father  or  mother,  or  from  both,  the 
trouble  descending  to  them  before  birth. 

We  cannot  go  into  all  of  the  details  of  these  difficulties  in  a  brief 
space,  but,  in  a  general  way,  we  may  say  that  our  company  has 
treated  successfully  many  cases  of  these  diseases.  We  have  a  certain 
powder  which  we  use  in  all  cases  of  inflammation  of  the  eye  which 
takes  away  the  pain  and  at  once  makes  the  eye  feel  cool  and  com- 
fortable. The  patient  at  once  feels  easier  and  correspondingly  happy. 
We  also  have  liquids  to  use  as  washes  and  several  different  prepara- 
tions in  the  shape  of  fragrant  powders  which  are  unequaled  in  their 
prompt  and  pleasant  effects. 

In  connection  with  these  external  applications  we  employ  internal 
remedies  which  remove  the  root  of  the  disease.  After  a  cure  is  once 
accomplished  there  will  be  no  further  trouble.  If  we  were  to  use  only 
the  external  applications  to  effect  temporary  relief,  and  were  to 
neglect  the  proper  internal  medication,  then  the  treatment  would  be 
worthless  in  the  end.  It  is  necessary  to  use  the  external  remedies 
to  remove  the  pain  and  inflammation  and  also  to  employ  the  internal 
remedies  in  order  to  get  at  the  root  and  cause  of  the  trouble  so  that 
it  may  not  occur  again.  In  this  way  we  accomplish  a  definite  and 
satisfactory  result.  Our  treatment  has  saved  many  people  the  neces- 


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sity  of  wearing  glasses  all  of  their  lives  or  of  having  difficult  surgical 
operations  performed.  In  hundreds  of  these  cases  it  is  unnecessary 
to  use  the  knife,  even  to  remove  cataracts.  If  the  poison  which 
causes  the  cataract  is  absorbed  and  carried  away  through  the  circula- 
tion and  out  of  the  body  the  cataract  will  be  cured  at  once.  We 
have  remedies  which  will  accomplish  this  result.  It  may  not  appear 
to  be  quite  as  quick  as  the  use  of  the  knife,  but  it  is  much  more  cer- 
tain and  there  is  much  less  likelihood  of  a  return  of  the  difficulty. 

Many  people  who  have  used  spectacles  for  a  long  time  have  come 
to  us  after  exhausting  other  methods  of  treatment  in  an  effort  to  get 
rid  of  the  spectacles.  We  have  cured  many  such  cases  and,  after  a 
course  of  treatment  with  us,  they  have  cast  their  spectacles  aside 
never  to  use  them  again.  The  eye  is  composed  of  delicate  membranes 
and  coatings  and  it  is  very  natural  that  these  should  be  quickly 
affected  by  disorders  of  the  blood.  But  it  is  just  as  reasonable  that 
when  the  blood  is  made  pure  and  the  circulation  is  strong,  these  dis- 
orders should  be  removed.  Any  one  can  understand  the  philosophy 
of  this,  which  is  simply  common  sense. 

The  action  of  the  herbal  remedies,  which  is  always  soothing, 
healing  and  delicate,  is  much  more  certain  in  all  diseases  of  the  eye 
than  the  harsher  action  of  minerals,  or  the  rude  and  doubtful  exped- 
ient of  surgical  operations.  In  these  diseases,  as  in  all  others,  nature 
accomplished  wonders  with  a  little  assistance  in  the  way  of  removing 
those  obstructions  to  the  circulation  and  those  unnatural  elements  in 
the  blood  which  are  products  of  unnatural  ways  of  life  or  habits  of 
body.  If  nature  is  once  set  right  she  can  be  depended  upon  to  do 
the  rest. 

In  these  diseases,  as  in  all  others,  the  results  of  experience  are 
the  best  guide.  And  our  experience  in  many  cases  has  been 
very  satisfactory.  It  will  be  impossible  for  us  to  give  all  the  testi- 
monials which  we  have  received  from  patrons  whom  we  have  cured 
of  disorders  of  the  eye.  But  we  shall  state  a  few  of  the  briefest  in 
corroboration  of  what  we  have  said  upon  this  subject. 


A    SPEEDY   CURE. 

WEST  PALMDALE,  Los  Angeles  Co.,  Gal.,  Oct.  20,  1898. 
On  the  22d  of  September,  1898,  I  was  thrown  from  my  road-cart 
and  badly  shook  up  and  jarred  inside  of  my  head,  causing  blood  to 


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flow  from  my  left  ear,  nose  and  mouth.  Was  also  bruised  and  cut  in 
several  places  on  the  face  and  head,  and  in  particular  a  bad  cut  above 
and  below  my  right  eye,  causing  it  to  swell  shut.  The  lower  half  of 
the  eyeball  was  also  badly  bruised,  causing  the  blood  to  settle  in  it, 
or,  badly  blood-shot. 

Being  under  treatment  by  Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen  before  the  accident 
happened,  for  a  complication  of  diseases,  and  a  general  weak  and 
run-down  condition,  I  at  once  came  to  his  office  for  treatment  of  my 
injuries. 

Though  still  under  his  treatment,  and  far  from  being  entirely 
well,  I  consider  my  recovery  so  far  very  satisfactory.  And  in  par- 
ticular think  I  am  very  fortunate  in  regard  to  my  eye,  for  the  cut  is 
pretty  well  healed. 

He  put  plasters  over  the  cuts  to  draw  out  the  inflammation,  and 
as  soon  as  the  swelling  went  away  so  that  he  could  open  the  eye,  he 
put  some  kind  of  cooling  medicine  on  it,  and  now  the  blood  and 
inflammation  are  all  gone.  In  fact  the  eye  is  as  good  as  it  ever  was, 
except  a  little  scar  on  the  outside  of  the  skin. 

Yours  respectfully,  W.  COATES. 


VALUABLE    EYESIGHT  SAVED. 

SAN  BERNARDINO,  Cal.,  Sept.  18,  1898. 
To  Whom  It  May  Benefit: 

I  am  forty-three  years  of  age,  the  last  twenty-three  of  which  I 
have  done  more  or  less  book-keeping,  and  some  of  it  under  conditions 
that  were  very  trying  to  the  eyes.  About  nine  years  ago  while  doing 
a  great  deal  of  writing,  much  of  it  by  lamp  light,  I  first  became  aware 
that  my  eyesight  was  beoming  impaired.  The  failure  at  first  was  so 
gradual  as  to  occasion  but  little  alarm,  and  I  fully  believed  that  with 
change  of  occupation  my  eyes  would  soon  recover  their  accustomed 
strength  and  clearness  of  vision.  After  a  time  I  was  enabled  to  dis- 
continue work  by  lamp-light,  but  never  succeeded  in  freeing  myself 
entirely  from  more  or  less  writing.  As  a  consequence  my  eyes  con- 
tinued to  fail  until  a  point  was  reached  where  I  could  not  write  or 
read  for  more  than  an  hour  at  a  time  without  suffering  much  pain  and 
irritation.  And  if  necessity  compelled  me  to  continue  beyond  this 
point  they  would  blur  until  the  letters  would  run  together,  or  multiply 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  267 

to  such  an  alarming  extent  that  I  would  be  obliged  to  desist  from 
further  effort.  About  this  time  I  consulted  an  optician  who  finally 
induced  me  to  wear  glasses,  and  fitted  my  eyes  with  two  pair.  One 
pair  for  writing  and  the  other  for  general  use.  I  found  that  the  glasses 
rested  my  eyes,  and  enabled  me  to  work  longer  without  intermission, 
.  and  I  had  become  to  look  upon  them  as  indispensable  when  my  eye- 
lids began  to  crack  and  bleed,  and  were  much  inflamed,  becoming  in 
a  short  time  so  painful  as  to  make  speedy  relief  a  necessity,  which 
I  found  where  least  expected.  Dr.  Tom  Foo  Yuen  at  the  time  was 
prescribing  for  my  youngest  son,  and  one  day  when  consulting  with 
him  about  the  boy,  out  of  curiosity,  and  without  knowing  that  the 
eye  was  within  his  range  of  treatment,  I  asked  him  if  he  could  do  any- 
thing for  my  eyes.  After  a  casual  examination,  his  reply  was  charac- 
teristic of  the  man,  for  it  consisted  of  the  single  word  "sure." 

My  experience  of  Dr.  Foo's  skill,  and  confidence  in  his  judgment 
was  such,  that  while  his  reply  was  somewhat  of  a  surprise,  I  had  no 
hesitancy  about  submitting  my  eyes  to  his  treatment,  the  wisdom 
of  which  has  been  proved  by  the  fact  that  today  my  sight  is  fully 
restored,  all  inflammation  is  gone,  and  my  vision  is  as  clear  as  it 
ever  has  been,  as  far  back  as  I  can  remember.  I  have  no  need  for 
glasses  and  do  not  wear  them  in-doors  or  out.  The  treatment  I 
received  was  neither  painful,  disagreeable,  or  inconvenient  to  any 
noticeable  degree,  and  offered  relief  from  the  start;  and  to  any  who 
are  similarly  afflicted  I  feel  perfectly  safe  in  saying,  that  in  Dr.  Tom 
Foo  Yuen  you  will  find  a  competent  and  skillful  physician,  fully  qual- 
ified to  carry  to  a  successful  issue  anything  he  undertakes,  who  is 
safe,  sure  and  humane  in  all  his  treatments,  and  withal — a  gentle- 
man in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  word. 

I  speak  advisedly  as  well  as  positively  in  his  behalf,  for  I  know 
him  and  his  work  well,  and  deserving  of  all  praise. 

Box  1003,  San  Bernardino,  Cal.  T.  G.  KELTY. 


WAS  SPARED   A   PAINFUL   OPERATION. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles: 

Gentlemen:  I  desire  to  express  my  gratitude  to  you,  and  praise 
for  your  superior  system  of  medicine,  both  in  my  own  case  and  that 
of  my  son  Robert,  whom  you  cured  in  1897  of  a  very  severe  case  of 


268  POO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

bone  injury,  called  by  some  doctors  "bone  cancer."  He  had  been  on 
crutches  for  three  and  one-half  years  and  we  had  in  the  meantime 
tried  various  remedies  but  found  no  relief  until  we  went  to  you.  I 
am  pleased  to  say  that  through  your  skillful  management  and  your 
powerful  herbal  remedies,  my  boy  was  restored  to  health,  and  his 
limb  completely  healed.  I  was  then  thoroughly  convinced  of  the 
efficacy  of  your  system,  and  decided  at  once  to  try  your  remedies 
myself.  Mine  was  an  obstinate  case  of  granulated  sore  eyes.  I  had 
tried  remedies  of  various  kinds,  and  treated  with  several  doctors  with- 
out getting  any  relief.  Was  advised  by  one — as  the  only  relief — to  have 
an  operation  performed,  but  I  am  glad  to  say  that  I  did  not  submit, 
but  was  spared  that  severe  treatment.  I  consider  myself  exceed- 
ingly fortunate  that  I  learned  of  the  Chinese  system  of  medicine,  and 
in  a  few  months  under  your  treatment  my  sight  was  fully  restored, 
and  without  taking  the  chances  of  losing  it  altogether  by  the  use  of 
the  knife. 

I  regard  the  Oriental  system  of  medicine  as  being  superior  to  all 
others,  especially  when  administered  by  the  hands  of  such  skillful 
and  scientific  doctors  as  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Co. 

Yours  truly,  ALBERT  A.  DEXTER. 

San  Bernardino,  Gal.,  1898. 


CURED    OF    A    CATARACT    IN    THE    EYE. 

The  following  is  from  a  lady  who  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  our 
system  of  treatment,  having  been  cured  in  1895  of  hemorrhoids  and 
catarrh.     Miss  McPherson  says: 
T.  Foo  Yuen,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.: 

Dear  Sir:  I  desire  herein  to  express  my  kind  appreciation  of 
your  most  skillful  treatment  in  curing  my  eye  of  a  cataract  which 
was  very  painful,  and  for  which  your  treatment  was  most  effectual 
and  complete. 

The  cataract  was  so  far  advanced  when  I  came  to  you  that  it 
affected  the  sight  and  had  even  caused  the  eyelids  to  droop  some- 
what. It  was  so  far  advanced  that  you  said  to  me  that  I  was  for- 
tunate that  I  had  not  delayed  longer  in  coming  to  you,  and  that  if  I 
had  not  come  soon  you  would  not  have  been  able  to  cure  me. 


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My  eye  is  as  perfect  today  as  if  I  had  never  been  troubled  with 
the  cataract  at  all. 

While  the  pain  resulting  from  the  application  of  the  remedies 
to  the  eye  is  very  severe,  lasting  from  ten  to  twenty  minutes,  yet 
as  soon  as  these  moments  are  passed,  the  eye  feels  natural  and  imme- 
diately becomes  clear. 

I  make  this  acknowledgement  that  you  may  know  that  I  fully 
appreciate  your  skillful  treatment  and  faithful  attention  in  restoring 
my  eye  to  its  normal  condition. 

Yours  very  truly,  SADIE  J.  McPHERSON. 


THE   CURSE   OF   HABIT. 

We  may  say,  in  explanation,  that  this  article  is  reprinted  from  a 
recent  issue  of  the  Los  Angeles  Times.  We  omit  part  of  the  heading 
that  appeared  in  that  paper.  The  article  is  as  follows: 

THE  PHILOSOPHY  OF  THE  LIQUOR  HABIT  FULLY  CONSIDERED. 

ITS  CAUSES  AND  CURE  ANALYZED— AN   ORIGINAL 

DESCRIPTION      OF     THE     EVILS     OF     DRINK. 

HOW  FRIENDS  AND  ACQUAINTANCES   MAY   HELP  THE   UNFOR- 
TUNATE. 

Not  all  of  the  sermons  on  intemperance  are  preached  from  the 
pulpit.  The  columns  of  the  daily  papers  contain  little  sermons  on 
this  topic  every  day.  "Dead  from  Alcoholism,"  "Killed  His  Wife  in  a 
Drunken  Rage,"  "Drunk  and  Disorderly,  Ten  Days  in  Jail,"  these  are 
some  of  the  headings  to  the  items  which  constantly  remind  us  that 
fellow-citizens  of  ours  are  on  the  downward  path. 

Apart  from  these  extreme  cases  there  are  many  men  who  are 
tired  of  drink.  Alcohol  dulls  the  brain;  hinders  a  man  in  business; 
weakens  him  in  the  long  run,  in  every  way;  is  a  constant  drain  upon 
his  pocket.  Many  a  man  who  has  been  the  rounds  day  after  day, 
night  after  night,  for  years,  gets  tired  of  the  same  old  course  of  folly 
and  dissipation.  Secretly  he  would  like  to  stop  drinking.  But  how  to 
do  it  is  the  rub.  The  chains  of  appetite  are  upon  him.  His  nervous 
system  imperiously  demands  the  long  accustomed  stimulants.  There 
are  objections  to  every  method  of  relief  offered  him.  One  is  too 


270  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

open — excites  too  much  attention  and  comment.  Another  is  too  violent 
— causes  vomiting  and  purging  and  all  manner  of  deathly  sickness. 
In  others  he  has  no  confidence  whatever,  because  he  does  not  believe 
that  they  will  cure. 

WHAT  IS  HE  GOING  TO  DO  ABOUT  IT? 

There  is  a  cure  offered  right  here  in  Los  Angeles  that  avoids  all 
of  these  objections.  It  is  secret,  mild  and  reliable.  It  has  been 
thoroughly  tested.  It  is  not  a  single  drug  or  preparation  made  to  fit 
every  case,  but  is  a  scientific  and  philosophical  system  which  may  be 
adapted  to  the  varying  circumstances  of  different  cases  and  of  all 
cases.  It  is  in  line  with  other  remedies  that  have  perfected  hundreds 
of  remarkable  cures  in  other  diseases.  It  employs  no  poisonous 
drugs  whatever.  It  is  offered  by  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company, 
of  903  South  Olive  street,  Los  Angeles.  Those  who  know  this  com- 
pany best  will  tell  you  that  they  always  perform  whatever  they 
promise  to  do. 

T.  FOO  YUEN'S  ANALYSIS  OF  THE  DRINK  HABIT. 

In  a  recent  interview  Dr.  Foo  explained  his  opinions  on  the  use 
and  effects  of  alcohol,  from  the  standpoint  of  the  physician.  Dr.  Foo 
is  not  an  extremist.  He  has  seen  enough  of  the  frailties  and  mis- 
fortunes of  mankind  to  make  him  charitable  toward  human  imperfec- 
tions. His  analysis  of  the  drink  habit  is  interesting  because  it  is 
based  exclusively  upon  his  own  observations  and  physiological  investi- 
gations. Speaking  in  his  remarkably  correct,  although  sometimes 
quaint  English,  Dr.  Foo  recently  spoke  on  this  subject  substantially 
as  follows: 

"The  liquor  power  goes  through  the  body  quicker  than  anything 
else  in  the  nature  of  food  or  drink.  It  makes  the  people  strong  imme- 
diately. Sometimes  this  is  a  very  good  thing.  Then  why  does  it 
finally  injure  the  people?  I  will  try  to  expain  that  principle.  Any- 
thing in  food  or  liquor  that  is  used  to  strengthen  the  people  must  be 
gentle  in  its  action  so  that  it  will  help  the  natural  power  of  the  vital 
organs.  But  the  liquor  power  goes  too  quickly  and  too  strong.  It  is 
the  opposite  of  the  natural  power  in  this  respect.  Therefore  it  injures 
the  natural  power.  So,  if  the  people  use  liquor  for  a  long  time  then 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  271 

the  natural  power  of  the  body  loses  its  gentle  effect  and  then  it  waits 
for  the  coming  of  the  liquor  power.  And  when  the  man  has  taken 
the  liquor  he  feels  strong.  If  there  is  no  liquor  taken  then  the  man 
feels  weak,  because  he  has  created  a  desire  by  using  liquor  for  a  long 
time  and  the  desire  has  created  a  habit. 

HOW   THE    LIQUOR    HABIT   HURTS. 

"The  strength  of  the  liquor  goes  through  the  body  so  quickly  that 
it  carries  the  gastric  juices  with  it.  It  not  only  rushes  through  the 
body,  but  it  goes  out  again  through  the  pores  of  the  skin.  But  there 
is  only  a  small  amount  of  the  gastric  juices  and  if  a  great  deal  of  this 
is  wasted  through  the  pores  of  the  body  then  there  is  not  enough  left 
in  the  stomach  for  the  processes  of  digestion.  Then  the  stomach  gets 
dry  and  does  not  furnish  enough  saliva  to  the  mouth.  And  there 
comes  a  great  thirst.  The  man  wants  to  drink  all  of  the  time.  He 
drinks  too  much  whiskey  and  too  much  water.  The  stomach  is  con- 
stantly flooded  and  the  constant  deluge  of  cold  drinks  creates  the  first 
injury. 

"Again,  the  liquor  power  is  of  the  fire  element.  It  makes  the  body 
warm  very  quickly  and  if  too  much  liquor  is  taken  it  causes  an  inflam- 
mation. This  is  the  second  injury.  And  both  of  these  injurious 
effects,  the  dampness  and  the  inflammation,  work  together  and  there 
is  malarial  poisoning  which  may  become  very  bad.  This  is  irrespec- 
tive of  climate.  It  is  as  likely  to  occur  in  a  good  climate  as  in  a  bad 
climate.  ,  !  |  • 

HOW   WHISKEY    HURTS   THE    BLOOD   AND   THE    BRAIN. 

"Also,  there  is  in  the  blood  of  man  a  little  substance  which  the 
American  doctor  calls  a  corpuscle.  And  when  the  man  has  had  the 
liquor  habit  a  long  time  then  the  corpuscles  in  his  blood  become  used 
to  the  habit  also.  Then,  when  he  begins  to  see  that  he  has  made  a 
mistake,  that  he  is  injuring  his  business,  or  has  trouble  with  his 
family,  he  wants  to  try  to  stop  the  habit,  but  the  corpuscle  does  not 
like  to  stop  the  habit.  It  has  a  desire  all  the  time  for  the  liquor  and 
the  man  cannot  control  himself.  He  is  not  independent. 

"Again  the  principle  of  the  liquor  is  of  the  fire  element  and  its 
power  rushes.  So,  when  a  man  has  taken  a  drink  of  whiskey  the 


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effect  goes  up  to  the  brain  at  once.  And  the  brain  all  the  time  has 
the  liquor  power  to  help  the  brain.  Then  the  brain  feels  strong.  But 
when  the  power  of  the  liquor  is  gone  then  the  man  feels  weaker  than 
before.  Also,  the  strength  of  the  liquor  holds  the  brain  power  very 
hard.  Then  the  brain  cannot  perform  its  natural  functions,  and  all 
the  time  the  liquor  power  controls  the  brain;  the  brain  cannot  control 
anything.  Then  the  man  becomes  dull  and  drunk.  His  mind  is  not 
clear.  And  so  his  nature  is  all  changed.  The  good  nature  becomes 
bad.  But  we  cannot  tell  all  of  the  injuries  from  liquor.  There  are 
many  other  ways  of  injury.  We  prepare  remedies  to  stop  this  habit 
in  more  than  one  way.  If  the  man  himself  desires  to  stop;  if  he 
understands  that  he  has  made  a  mistake  and  has  made  up  his  mind 
to  stop,  then  we  will  try  to  clean  out  his  system  first  and  afterwards 
to  stop  the  habit.  This  is  one  way.  But  other  people  do  not  want 
to  stop  the  habit.  Still,  sometimes  the  parents  like  to  stop  the  habit 
in  the  children,  or  the  sister  in  the  brother,  or  the  wife  in  the  hus- 
band. For  these  cases  we  have  another  kind  of  medicine  which  may 
be  put  into  the  food  or  drink  of  the  man.  He  will  not  know  about 
it.  But  after  he  has  taken  this  his  appetite  will  be  removed.  This  is 
another  very  excellent  way.  In  all  of  these  cases  it  is  necessary  to 
change  the  old  blood  for  new  blood  and  so  to  change  the  desire  and 
the  appetite.  We  must  help  the  natural  powers  of  the  body  to  over- 
come the  power  of  the  liquor.  And  this  is  the  only  way  in  which  the 
man  can  be  permanently  cured." 

A  CORRECT  DIAGNOSIS. 

We  submit  that  the  above  is  a  correct  diagnosis,  that  it  con- 
tains in  a  nutshell  the  whole  philosophy  of  the  drink  habit  and  its 
cure.  No  long-winded  dissertation,  full  of  big  words  and  technical 
terms,  could  be  clearer  or  more  complete.  We  may  summarize  briefly 
the  advantages  of  Dr.  Foo's  treatment,  as  follows: 

(1.)  It  is  absolutely  secret.  None  of  your  friends  need  know 
that  you  are  under  treatment  for  the  liquor  habit.  They  will  not  sus- 
pect it  except  as  they  notice  it  in  your  improved  appearance  and 
clearer  expression  of  ideas. 

(2.)  It  is  perfectly  harmless.  The  treatment  is  adapted  to 
your  bodily  strength  and  condition.  All  of  the  medicinal  agents 
employed  are  absolutely  innocent  and  non-poisonous.  Many  of  the 
liquor  cures  upon  the  market  produce  very  injurious  effects.  None  of 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  273 

these  can  possibly  occur  from  this  cure.  The  patient  is  strengthened 
and  assisted  in  every  way.  He  becomes  a  man  again  in  the  full  sense 
of  the  term,  with  strong  nerves,  a  sound  digestion,  a  clear  brain  and 
a  normal  performance  of  all  the  vital  functions. 

(3.)  This  company  has  remedies  that  may  be  administered 
without  the  patient's  knowledge  or  consent.  These  are  powerful,  but 
harmless.  They  are  an  antidote  to  the  liquor  habit.  They  take  away 
the  desire  for  liquors — not  all  at  once  but  by  degrees.  They  take  the 
place  of  the  whiskey  stimulus  and  as  the  desire  grows  less  the  man 
does  not  feel  weak  and  nerveless,  but  stronger  and  better.  He  begins 
to  see  that  he  can  do  without  the  whiskey.  In  many  cases  the  taste 
and  smell  of  whiskey  become  actually  repulsive.  From  this  point  a 
cure  Is  easy. 

(4.)  The  processes  of  this  cure  are  slow  and  permanent,  not 
violent  and  transitory  as  is  the  case  with  so  many  alleged  cures. 
There  are  none  of  the  painful  and  ditressing  vomitings  and  purgings 
resulting  from  some  of  these,  none  of  the  lasting  injuries  resulting 
from  others.  The  healing  effects  extend  through  the  whole  body, 
through  the  blood  and  the  brain  and  all  of  the  nerves  and  tissues. 
Little  by  little  these  are  cleansed  and  renewed.  They  are  nourished 
and  sustained.  When  the  process  is  complete  the  man  is  literally 
made  over  and  the  baneful  desire  is  gone,  along  with  the  vitiated 
blood  and  tissues  which  were  the  seat  of  that  desire.  Could  any  cure 
be  more  complete  or  satisfactory? 

(5.)  These  cures  are  worth  the  money  paid  for  them.  They  are 
not  offered  for  a  dollar  or  two — no  cures  worthy  the  name  can  be 
sold  for  such  a  ridiculous  price.  But  many  people  have  paid  for  high- 
priced  cures  two,  three,  four  and  even  a  greater  number  of  times. 
They  were  not  permanent.  They  may  have  removed  the  desire  for 
liquors  temporarily,  but  they  did  not  give  the  patient  the  necessary 
assistance  to  carry  him  along  and  to  prevent  him  from  slipping  back 
into  the  embraces  of  his  old  habit.  Therefore,  in  the  end  they  were 
very  expensive.  But  the  man  who  takes  remedies  of  the  Foo  and 
Wing  Herb  Company  need  never  touch  liquor  again.  If  he  does  there 
is  absolutely  no  excuse  for  him. 

A  SINGLE  TESTIMONIAL. 

The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  has  made  many  cures  of  the 
liquor  habit,  and  also  of  the  morphine  and  other  drug  habits.  But 


274  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

persons  cured  of  these  are  naturally  very  much  averse  to  the  publi- 
cation of  their  names.  For  this  reason  this  company  has  no  extensive 
testimonials  to  offer  along  this  line.  But  the  following  references  may 
be  given  in  regard  to  one  case  which  is  typical  of  numerous  others: 

LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  November  25,  1898: 
To  Whom  It  May  Concern: 

We,  the  undersigned,  can  testify  to  the  merits  of  the  liquor  cure 
for  sale  by  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  from  a  case  which  came 
under  our  personal  observation. 

Some  six  weeks  ago  a  gentleman  in  this  city  was  given  this  cure 
without  his  knowledge.  It  was  administered  by  his  wife. 

He  had  been  using  intoxicants  all  his  life,  and  had  reached  a  point 
where  the  habit  had  taken  a  very  serious  hold  on  him.  He  had  taken 
the  Keeley  cure  twice,  and  had  lost  his  position  through  his  habits 
of  intoxication,  and  was  a  source  of  great  anxiety  to  his  friends. 

The  remedy  worked  like  a  charm  in  this  case.  In  about  three  or 
four  weeks  the  young  man  lost  all  appetite  for  liquor,  gained  in  flesh 
and  strength,  and  seemed  completely  restored  to  health. 

It  was  a  wonderful  change  and  surprise  to  all  his  friends  and 
acquaintances. 

MRS.  N.  IDELLA  VESPER, 

584    Summit    avenue,    Pasadena,    Cal. 
MRS.  E.  R.  BRITTEN, 

711  Court  street,  Los  Angeles. 
GEORGE  W.  HAZARD, 
1307  S.  Alvarado  street,  Los  Angeles. 


NO    CASES   TOO   SEVERE. 

This  imperial  remedy  brings  all  degrees  of  the  liquor  habit  under 
control.  It  has  snatched  victims  from  the  very  clutches  of  delirium 
tremens.  It  soon  relieves  the  nervous  tension  which  is  the  principal 
6ause  and  the  most  distressing  symptom  of  mania  from  liquor  habit. 
Then  it  gradually  places  the  patient  upon  his  feet  as  already  des- 
cribed. This  is  a  most  important  point  to  consider,  for  many  unfor- 
tunates addicted  to  liquor  will  refuse  all  proffered  assistance  until 
the  intense  suffering  of  approaching  mania  compels  them  to  submit. 
Every  drinking  man  who  feels  and  knows  that  his  habit  is  getting 


FOG  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  275 

beyond  his  control  should  pause  and  consider  whether  he  is  willing 
to  go  farther  and  until  he  finds  himself  in  danger  of  the  mad-house. 

A  CHANCE  FOR  PHILANTHROPISTS. 

In  this  remedy  temperance  reformers  may  find  a  practical  use  for 
their  energies.  Here  is  something  definite  to  offer  a  man  who  is  the 
slave  of  habit,  or  a  wife  who  is  silently  suffering  untold  misery  from 
day  to  day  as  she  watches  her  husband  going  deeper  and  deeper  in 
his  pitiful  degradation.  Given  a  sufficient  motive  to  undertake  a  cure, 
on  the  part  either  of  the  sufferer  or  of  his  friends,  there  is  no  excuse 
for  not  employing  these  remedies.  Everybody  knows  of  such  cases  as 
these,  and  very  often  a  word  fitly  spoken  at  the  right  time  may  lead 
to  the  reformation  of  a  man  worth  saving,  and  to  bringing  happiness 
into  the  abode  of  wretchedness  and  despair. 

HOW  TO  SECURE  THESE  REMEDIES. 

There  is  only  one  way  to  secure  these  remedies.  They  are  sold 
in  only  one  place  in  the  United  States,  and  that  is  the  office  of  the 
Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  at  903  South  Olive  street,  Los  Angeles. 
They  may,  however,  be  sent  by  mail  or  express  to  any  point.  It  is  not 
necessary  that  the  doctors  should  actually  see  the  patient.  But  they 
require  a  clear  statement  of  the  case  rendered,  either  in  person  or  by 
letter.  Then  the  remedies  will  be  furnished  in  accordance  with  the 
circumstances  of  each  case.  When  convenient,  a  personal  interview 
Is  undoubtedly  the  best.  But  it  is  not,  strictly  speaking,  necessary. 
Write  to  the  doctors  or  call  upon  them,  as  is  the  most  convenient.  In 
either  case  you  will  receive  careful  attention  and  every  consideration. 

SUBSTANTIAL  TOKENS  OF  APPRECIATION. 

It  will  doubtless  occur  to  many  readers  of  this  book  that  the  prices 
for  our  remedies  for  home  treatment  are  higher  than  the  prices  asked 
for  the  patent  medicines  sold  in  the  American  drug  stores.  This  is 
true  if  you  consider  the  question  of  price  alone.  But  when  you  con- 
sider the  question  of  price  as  compared  with  the  benefits  received 
the  prices  of  our  remedies  are  not  too  high.  In  fact,  many  of  our 
patrons,  the  persons  best  able  to  judge  because  most  familiar  with 


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what  our  remedies  accomplish,  have  said  to  us  that  they  consider  our 
prices  very  reasonable  indeed.  When  health  is  at  stake  that  remedy 
is  cheapest  which  restores  health.  A  remedy  which  accomplishes  no 
good  is  dear  even  if  given  for  nothing.  A  remedy  which  cures  is 
worth  almost  any  price.  When  you  consider  this  question  from  this 
point  of  view  you  will  see  that  our  remedies  are,  simply  invaluable. 

It  has  been  a  very  common  occurrence  for  patrons  of  T.  Foo  Yuen 
to  express  their  pleasure  with  his  methods  and  with  the  results  ac- 
complished in  a  very  substantial  manner,  a  fact  which  is  a  sufficient 
proof  that  he  has  not  placed  too  high  a  valuation  upon  his  remedies. 
Not  only  have  many  of  his  patrons  paid  full  prices  for  their  treatment 
but  they  have  become  and  have  remained  steadfast  friends  and  have 
given  him,  from  time  to  time,  expensive  presents  as  tokens  of  their 
personal  esteem.  We  think  it  proper  to  mention  a  few  of  the  most 
important  of  these  as  illustrating  the  points  herein  discussed.  Of  the 
smaller  presents,  which  have  been  innumerable,  we  shall  make  no 
mention,  not  speaking  of  any  worth  less  than  fifty  dollars  each. 

For  instance,  he  was  very  much  pleased  recently  at  receiving  a 
handsome  cut-glass  punch  bowl  and  mirror  from  a  recent  patient,  Capt. 
A.  Bassett  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  accompanied  by  the  following  appre- 
ciative letter,  the  bowl  having  been  forwarded  from  San  Francisco,  at 
which  city  Capt.  Bassett  had  stopped  on  his  way  East. 

San  Francisco,  Gal.,  March  17,  1899. 
Dr.  T.  Foo  Yuen,  903  S.  Olive  St.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.: 

Dear  Sir: — I  send  today,  by  express,  a  cut-glass  punch  bowl  and 
mirror,  which  please  accept  as  a  slight  token  of  my  esteem  and  grati- 
tude for  the  skill  and  care  of  which  I  have  been  the  recipient  under 
your  treatment,  which  have  resulted  in  such  a  vast  improvement  in 
my  health. 

Wishing  you  a  long  life  and  much  happiness,  I  remain, 

Yours  very  respectfully,  A.  BASSETT, 

1723  Ross  St.,  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 

The  value  of  this  handsome  gift  is  not  less  than  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars,  but,  like  all  the  others  herein  mentioned,  it  is  appreciated 
by  Dr.  Foo,  not  for  its  money  cost,  but  for  the  fact  that  it  comes  from 
a  friend  and  is  a  testimonial  to  the  fact  that,  by  his  skill  as  a  physi- 
cian, he  has  been  able  to  accomplish  a  noteworthy  good  to  a  friend. 
In  the  same  spirit  we  may  mention  the  following. 


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A  diamond  studded  gold  watch,  from  Mrs.  Gertrude  E.  Samo  of 
1818  E.  Second  street,  Los  Angeles,  value  $250;  an  iron  safe  from  J.  H. 
Britton,  agent  for  the  Mosler  Safe  Co.,  of  334  and  336  N.  Main  street, 
Los  Angeles,  value  $125;  an  oil  painting  of  Dr.  Foo  from  the  well- 
known  artist,  William  G.  Cogswell  of  1138  S.  Flower  street.  This  was 
a  New  Year's  gift,  on  the  first  of  January,  1898.  Its  value  is  $250. 
Captain  C.  Taylor  of  520  S.  Grand  avenue,  presented  Dr.  Foo  with  a 
thirty-day  clock,  which  hangs  in  his  office,  price  $125.  S.  R.  Crowe  of 
Redlands  gave  him  a  handsome  buffalo-horn  chair,  worth  $125.  Mrs. 
W.  J.  Anderson  of  Chicago  remembered  the  doctor  with  a  diamond 
ring  valued  at  $100.  Mrs.  Cox  of  Riverside  sent  him  the  deed  to  a 
lot  in  Riverside.  Mrs.  Hall  sent  a  beautiful  picture  valued  at  $50,  and 
there  have  been  many  others. 

Among  these  remembrances  which  Dr.  Foo  values  most  high  are 
two  from  Mrs.  Katharine  Ellis,  who  is  Mrs.  Samo's  mother.  In  1896, 
Mrs.  Ellis,  then  82  years  of  age,  was  treated  by  Dr.  Foo  for  eye 
troubles  so  successfully  that  her  sight  was  better  than  for  many 
year  previous  to  that  time.  To  show  her  appreciation  of  this  fact  she 
embroidered  a  handsome  sofa  pillow,  with  an  elaborate  design  in 
seven  different  colors,  and  presented  it  to  him,  as  a  present  for  New 
Year's,  1897.  Early  in  the  present  year  Mrs.  Ellis  took  a  severe  cold 
which  Dr.  Foo  cured.  She  then  embroidered  an  afghan  for  his  office 
chair,  being  at  this  time  84  years  of  age. 

The  writer  submits  that  these  tokens  of  good  will  indicate  that 
there  is  a  greater  benefit  to  be  derived  from  these  remedies  than  the 
price  would  indicate.  But  this  is  a  matter  which  each  person  can 
very  readily  test  for  himself.  A  few  doses  of  the  remedies  will  cost 
but  little — say  of  those  for  the  cure  of  colds,  for  example.  But  they 
will  save  many  times  their  cost  in  the  price  of  doctor's  visits.  Those, 
if  any  there  are,  who  are  not  satisfied  with  the  results  of  this  test  need 
not  try  again.  But  we  believe  that  it  will  be  found  to  be  true  that 
those  who  will  use  these  remedies  faithfully  and  as  directed,  and 
with  the  idea  of  checking  disease  at  the  outset  and  not  waiting  until 
it  has  become  deeply  seated  in  the  system,  will  find  that  their  ex- 
penses for  doctors'  bills  and  medicines  will  be  reduced  to  one-half, 
every  year,  and  that  the  trouble,  anxiety  and  suffering  from  disease 
will  be  reduced  in  the  same  proportion. 

Remember,  in  a  word,  that  it  is  not  what  a  thing  costs  but  what 
it  does  which  determines  its  value.  A  remedy  at  a  dollar  a  dose  which 


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saves  life  is  better  than  a  remedy  at  one  cent  a  dose  which  does  no 
good  whatever  and  simply  leads  a  patient  on  with  delusive  hopes  until 
his  condition  becomes  incurable  by  any  means  whatever.  This  is  too 
often  the  result  of  cheap  medication. 

(The  following  article  is  reprinted  substantially  as  it  appeared  in 
the  Los  Angeles  Times  for  New  Year's,  1902.) 


APPENDICITIS. 


A  Growing  Fad  of  Modern  Surgery  A  Quick  and  Certain 
Method  of  Demise  —  A  New  Name  for  an  Ancient  Foe 
of  the  Human  Race — Some  Suggestions  for  Those  who 
Fear  this  Prevalent  and  Fatal  Malady. 

That  little,  curly  attachment  at  the  inner  extremity  of  the  large 
intestines  in  the  human  body,  which  looks,  in  the  pictures  of  the  hu- 
man anatomy,  like  the  dried-up  stem  of  a  melon  or  a  pumpkin,  is  giv- 
ing people  no  end  of  trouble  nowadays.  Every  week  somebody  dies 
of  appendicitis,  the  name  assigned  by  our  modern  doctors  to  whatever 
form  of  inflammation  interferes  with  the  functions  of  this  apparently 
trifling,  but  really  important,  portion  of  our  bodies.  The  surgeon's 
knife  is  supposed  to  be  the  only  cure  and  this,  in  most  cases,  is  not 
a  cure,  for  it  means  a  shock  to  the  system  that  results  in  death. 
Everyone  has  lost  friends  by  this  disease  and  thousands  live  in  name- 
less terror  lest  it  attack  them  also. 

SOME  EXCEPTIONS  TO  THE  RULE. 

Although  the  knife  is  usually  considered  the  only  way  of  getting 
rid  of  appendicitis — in  spite  of  the  difficult  and  dangerous  operation 
involved — yet  there  are  American  physicians  who  will  not  resort  to 
this  extreme  measure  and  emphatically  assert  that  they  have  cured 
numerous  cases  of  appendicitis  without  surgery.  That  this  is  en- 
tirely possible  is  proved  by  the  results  secured  by  the  Oriental  doc- 
tors in  this  country,  who  never  resort  to  surgery.  Yet  they  often 


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cure  appendicitis,  even  in  an  advanced  stage.  What  is  more,  they 
have  a  consistent  and  reasonable  theory  of  the  uses  of  this  little 
vermiform  appendix  in  the  human  body. 

Mr.  W.  A.  Hallowell  Jr.,  a  resident  of  this  city,  became  interested 
in  this  subject  through  a  personal  experience  of  the  painful  sort  that 
many  surgeons  have  undergone.  Some  months  ago  a  brother,  E.  A. 
Hallowell,  formerly  maycfr  of  Belleville,  Kansas,  afterwards  a  resident 
of  Kansas  City,  commenced  to  experience  the  painful  symptoms  that 
foreshadow  appendicitis.  He  consulted  different  physicians,  but  re- 
ceived no  relief.  His  brother  advised  him  to  come  to  this  city  and 
try  the  Oriental  remedies  and  sent  him  testimonials  of  cures  accomp- 
lished by  them.  He  was  very  favorably  impressed  by  the  testimonials, 
but  his  business  affairs  would  not  permit  him  to  leave  Kansas  City. 
He  finally  submitted  to  an  operation,  with  the  usual  result,  death. 

FOUND  A  BETTER  WAY. 

It  seemed  to  the  surviving  Mr.  Hallowell,  the  one  residing  in  this 
city,  that  there  ought  to  be  some  remedy  which,  at  least  when  taken 
in  good  time,  might  avert  disaster  of  this  sort.  He  therefore  asked  T. 
Foo  Yuen,  the  president  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  and  the 
most  noted  Oriental  physician  in  America,  to  explain  to  him  his  ideas 
of  the  function  of  the  vermiform  appendix  and  his  theories  of  that 
fatal  disorder,  appendicitis.  The  information  which  he  received  upon 
this  subject  was  as  follows: 

"As  you  will  see  from  the  picture  the  vermiform  appendix  is  at- 
tached, like  the  stem  of  a  melon,  to  one  extremity  of  the  large  intes- 
tine. It  is  a  continuation  of  the  cord  which  runs  the  whole  length  of 
the  intestine  and  is  everywhere  attached  to  the  large  intestine  by  lit- 
tle muscles.  The  Chinese  call  this  an  auxiliary  intestine.  From  its 
position  it  is  so  closely  related  to  the  large  intestine  that  whenever 
the  one  is  affected  by  any  disease  the  other  is  affected  also.  The 
appendix  has  a  small  opening  into  its  upper  extremity,  but  none  from 
its  lower  extremity.  Therefore,  small  substances,  under  certain  con- 
ditions, may  enter  it  but  are  very  difficult  to  dislodge. 

FUNCTIONS  OF  THE  VERMIFORM   APPENDIX. 

"Now,  after  the  digested  food  passes  from  the  stomach  the  lighter 
portions  go  into  the  small  intestines  and  parts  are  assimilated  into  the 


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blood  and  the  heavier  portions  go  into  the  large  intestine,  as  refuse,  and 
finally  pass  away  from  the  body.  The  appendix  has  an  expansive 
and  contractile  power  and  assists  in  this  separation  of  the  digestible 
portions  of  the  food  from  that  which  is  merely  refuse.  That  which 
goes  into  the  small  intestines  is  very  light,  but  that  which  goes  into 
the  large  intestine  is  coarse  and  heavy.  When  the  separation  takes 
place  the  appendix  expands  and  furnishes  tlie  power  to  the  large  in- 
testine to  receive  these  coarser  elements  of  the  food  and  to  hold  them 
until  they  are  discharged  in  the  natural  way.  Whenever  the  appendix 
is  affected  by  disease  and  loses  its  power  to  assist  the  large  intestine 
this  function  is  imperfectly  performed  and  trouble  results. 


Vermiform  Appendix 


THREE  PRINCIPAL  FORMS  OF  APPENDICITIS. 

"When  the  appendix  becomes  affected  the  resulting  disorder  mani- 
fests itself  in  one  of  three  principal  phases  of  symptoms.  The  first 
set  of  complications  arises  when  improper  food  is  eaten  or  food  which 
is  difficult  of  digestion.  Then  portions  of  this  undigested  food  remain 
too  long  in  the  intestines  and  cause  inflammation  in  the  large  in- 


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testine.  This  passes  to  the  smaller  intestines,  the  natural  juices  which 
assist  in  the  important  functions  of  this  portion  of  our  bodies  are 
dried  up,  the  bowels  do  not  act  properly  and  poisons  are  engendered 
by  the  failure  to  rid  the  body,  in  time,  of  the  mass  of  undigested  food 
and  refuse.  Some  of  this  poison  finds  its  way  into  the  appendix,  which 
loses  its  power  to  assist  the  large  intestine  and  it  has,  also,  no  power 
to  throw  off  the  poisons  already  received.  Therefore  it  becomes 
swollen,  inflamed  and  painful.  This  was  the  condition  in  which  Mr. 
L.  F.  Holtz  was  when  he  came  to  us  and  commenced  to  take  our 
remedies.  I  will  show  you  his  testimonial. 

"Another  form  is  not  always  caused  by  improper  food  but  may  be 
due  to  taking  cold  or  to  a  catarrhal  condition  of  the  system  or  to  any 
poison  which  exists  in  the  body.  The  mucus  of  catarrh  or  any  other 
poison  in  the  system  may  find  its  way  into  the  large  intestine  and 
from  that  into  the  appendix,  which  is  like  a  very  small  tube  closed  at 
its  lower  extremity,  and  therefore  it  is  very  hard  to  remove  the  poison 
that  has  once  entered.  This  soon  sets  up  an  inflammation  and  causes 
pain,  which  is  very  difficult  to  cure.  The  pain  may  not  be  severe  at 
first,  but  it  gradually  increases.  Sometimes  the  poisons  thus  engen- 
dered follow  the  course  of  the  intestines  and  cause  piles,  as  in  the 
case  of  Mrs.  Lanning. 

"The  third  form  of  disorder  to  the  appendix  is  from  a  lowering  of 
the  natural  heat  of  the  body.  The  Chinese  theory  is  that  this  natural 
heat  has  its  origin  in  the  kidneys.  Be  that  as  it  may  be,  whenever 
this  heat  is  sufficient,  then  the  appendix  expands  and  assists,  as  we 
have  shown,  in  separating  the  solid  from  the  liquid  materials  of  the 
food  at  the  point  where  the  large  and  small  intestines  are  united.  But 
when  there  is  not  sufficient  power  from  the  kidneys  then  the  appendix 
also  becomes  weak  and  loses  its  power  to  control  the  separation  of  the 
liquid  from  the  solid  portions  of  the  food.  The  appendix  itself  becomes 
swollen  and  inflamed  and  fails  to  do  its  work.  The  food  is  not  prop- 
erly separated.  There  is  bloating  and  distress  and  pain  in  the  side, 
rumbling  in  the  bowels  and  diarrhoea.  But  the  pains  are  not  at  the 
same  points  as  in  the  other  forms  of  this  disease.  This  condition  may 
exist  for  a  long  time  before  it  takes  on  the  virulent  form  that  ends  in 
death.  This  was  the  form  of  disorder  from  which  Mrs.  Cowan  suf- 
fered, whose  testimonial  I  will  also  show  you. 


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THE  SEED-LODGING  THEORY. 

"It  is  commonly  supposed  by  our  American  doctors,"  said  Mr.  Hal- 
lowell,  "that  all  this  trouble  is  caused  by  seeds  or  other  foreign  sub- 
stances lodging  in  the  appendix  and  setting  up  an  inflammation.  This 
is  shown,  they  think,  by  the  fact  that  such  substances  are  often  found 
in  the  appendix  when  an  operation  is  made  and  the  appendix  is  re- 
moved. What  have  you  to  say  in  regard  to  this?" 

"I  think  that  this  rarely  happens,"  said  T.  Foo  Yuen,  "although  it 
is  doubtless  true  that  such  substances  are  sometimes  found  as  you 
have  stated.  But  this  is  not  so  much  a  cause  of  the  disease  as  one  of 
its  results.  When  the  system  is  perfectly  healthy  and  all  the  functions 
of  digestion  and  nutrition  are  properly  performed  nothing  can  lodge 
in  the  appendix.  Nature  takes  care  of  that.  But  when  this  little  or- 
gan becomes  inflamed  and  swollen  it  may  be  opened  at  its  upper  ex- 
tremity enough  to  permit  seeds  to  lodge  there,  and  if  that  once  hap- 
pens it  is  extremely  difficult  to  get  them  out  again  and,  of  course,  they 
are  very  irritating  and  make  the  trouble  infinitely  worse.  So  the  mis- 
take is  made,  when  these  are  found,  of  assuming  that  they  were  the 
cause  of  the  disease.  And  this  condition,  as  I  understand  it,  is  what 
American  physicians  mean  when  they  speak  of  appendicitis.  This,  I 
think,  is  incorrect,  for  any  inflammation  which  may  exist  for  a  long 
time,  is  a  disease  of  the  little  organ  involved  and  might  properly  be 
called  by  this  name." 

OUGHT  TO  EDUCATE  THE  PEOPLE. 

"I  think,"  Mr.  Hallowell  continued,  "that  you  ought  to  print  your 
ideas  on  this  subject  so  that  the  people  may  understand  and  may  se- 
cure relief  before  it  is  too  late.  Now,  my  brother  was  ill  for  a  long 
time  before  the  30th  day  of  last  September,  when  the  operation  was 
performed  in  his  case.  A  few  days  later  he  was  dead.  All  his  family 
were  sorry,  then,  that  he  had  not  taken  your  remedies  at  first,  but 
of  course,  it  was  too  late.  Undoubtedly  the  same  experience  happens 
often." 

"Yes,"  was  the  reply,  "that  is  very  true.  No  one  ought  to  delay 
or  trifle  with  the  symptoms  of  so  severe  a  disorder.  I  have  often  tried 
to  discuss  these  subjects,  for  the  benefit  of  the  public,  in  my  articles 
in  the  newspapers  and  in  the  books  that  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb 
Company  has  published.  Any  persons  interested  may  come  to  the  of- 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  283 

fice  of  this  company,  at  903  S.  Olive  street,  Los  Angeles,  and  ask  any 
questions  that  they  desire  and  discuss  these  matters  with  us.  We  do 
everything  in  our  power  to  assist  those  who  are  seeking  to  regain 
their  health." 

THE  FIRST  PRINCIPLES  OF  A  CURE. 

"Can  you  tell  me,  in  a  few  words,"  asked  Mr.  Hallowell,  "some- 
thing about  the  way  in  which  your  remedies  accomplish  a  cure  in 
such  a  painful  and  serious  disease?" 

"It  is  very  simple,"  said  T.  Foo  Yuen,  "provided  you  thoroughly 
understand  the  causes.  So  great  a  disturbance  to  the  system  is 
quickly  manifest  in  the  pulse,  and  our  pulse  diagnosis  tells  us  at  once 
how  far  the  trouble  has  progressed.  Then  our  herbal  remedies,  which 
contain  no  poisons,  act  very  gently  yet  very  effectively.  They  soon 
reduce  the  inflammation  and  cause  the  secretion  of  a  new  supply  of 
the  gastric  and  intestinal  juices  upon  which  the  health  of  the  organs 
in  question  depends.  Then  the  circulation  of  the  blood  in  these  parts 
is  quickened  and  the  poisons  there  are  removed  by  absorption  and 
by  carrying  them  off  through  the  natural  channels.  This  cannot  all  be 
done  at  once — a  cure  in  these  cases  requires  a  little  time,  but  it  is  cer- 
tain if  the  trouble  is  taken  in  time.  Of  course,  there  are  cases  that 
are  absolutely  beyond  relief,  because  they  have  been  permitted  to  go 
too  far.  The  cure  of  any  disease  is  simply  a  question  of  providing  the 
proper  remedy  in  the  right  place.  We  have  the  remedies  that  are 
especially  adapted  to  these  disorders  and  that  is  the  whole  secret  of 
a  cure.  The  only  danger  is  in  delay." 
Following  are  the 

TESTIMONIALS  REFERRED  TO  ABOVE. 

The  first  is  from  Mr.  L.  F.  Holtz  and  is  as  follows: 

"I  was  taken  seriously  ill  last  year  at  my  home,  Phoenix,  British 
Columbia,  and  two  doctors  said  it  was  appendicitis.  I  went  to  Spo- 
kane, Washington,  to  consult  with  doctors  at  the  Sisters'  Hospital  of 
that  city,  who  declared  that  my  disease  was  incurable,  but  my  life 
might  be  prolonged  a  few  months  by  dieting  and  with  good  care.  I 
was  at  the  hospital  for  three  weeks  and  suffered  terrible  pains  in 
the  intestines  and  right  side  during  that  time.  From  there  I  went  to 


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Kansas  City,  Omaha  and  Chicago,  and  was  under  the  care  of  the  best 
physicians  in  each  of  those  cities,  hut  without  obtaining  relief.  Finally 
I  accidentally  heard  of  some  wonderful  cures  effected  by  Dr.  T.  Foo 
Yuen  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles,  and  placed 
myself  under  his  care.  After  five  months'  treatment  I  was  thoroughly 
cured  and  am  now  working  in  the  mines  at  Phoenix,  B.  C.,  in  perfect 
health." 

(Signed)  L.  F.  HOLTZ. 


Mrs.  J.  C.  Lanning  of  Bloomington,  San  Bernardino  County,  Cali- 
fornia, has  sent  us  a  fine  testimonial  of  the  results  of  treatment  in  her 
case,  which  cured  her  of  sciatica,  rheumatism,  piles,  and  appendicitis. 
The  testimonial  is  as  follows: 

NOTEWORTHY  CURE  OF  MRS.  J.  C.  LANNING. 

RIALTO,  California,  October  25,  1901. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.: 

Gentlemen: — As  one  of  those  who  have  been  restored  to  health 
by  the  use  of  your  remedies,  after  a  very  long  and  painful  illness,  I 
take  pleasure  in  giving  you  a  brief  statement  of  the  principal  facts  in 
my  case.  , 

My  illness  commenced  in  my  Canadian  home  some  eight  years 
ago,  and  I  finally  came  to  California,  in  the  hope  that  a  change  of  cli- 
mate would  restore  my  health.  I  consulted  many  physicians  and  took 
various  form  of  treatment,  both  in  the  Bast  and  in  California,  but 
without  receiving  any  benefit.  The  doctors  who  prescribed  for  me 
gave  my  troubles  different  names  and  had  numerous  theories  regard- 
ing them,  but  all  of  the  treatment  was  equally  unsuccessful.  Some  of 
the  physicians  said  that  I  had  nervous  prostration,  an  exhaustion  of 
nerve  energy.  One  diagnosed  the  case  as  inflammation  of  the  bladder, 
another  as  sciatica  rheumatism.  I  had  intense  neuralgiac  and  rheu- 
matic pains  and  was  swollen  with  dropsy.  I  had  taken  arsenic  until 
my  face  was  bleached  white.  I  was  burning  with  inward  fever,  yet 
my  circulation  was  so  poor  that  I  felt  cold,  even  while  in  mud  baths 
at  Arrowhead  Springs  at  a  temperature  of  more  than  a  hundred  de- 
grees. I  took  these  baths  and  tried  to  sweat  away  the  poisons  in  my 
system,  but  the  baths  only  weakened  me,  without  curing  the  disease. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  285 

I  heard  of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  by  accident  from  Mrs. 
Motherspaw,  a  lady  living  in  Highlands,  who  had  been  cured  of  rheu- 
matism by  their  remedies.  Some  of  the  physicians  of  this  company 
were  then  making  trips,  every  two  weeks,  to  San  Bernardino,  near 
which  town  I  was  then  residing  and  still  reside.  They  had  just  been 
there  and  would  not  come  again  for  two  weeks.  During  that  time  my 
husband  thought  that  I  was  at  the  point  of  death  and  wanted  to  call 
an  American  physician,  but  I  would  not  consent.  I  could  not  go  to 
see  the  doctor,  but  he  sent  remedies  to  me  by  my  husband.  I  took 
them  and  at  once  commenced  to  get  better.  After  the  third  dose  I 
was  able  to  get  up  and  walk  to  the  door. 

The  last  stage  in  my  treatment  was  the  removal  of  poisons  from 
my  system  which  had  taken  the  form  of  a  severe  case  of  piles.  This 
was  accomplished  by  remedies  prepared  by  Dr.  Foo's  brother,  Dr. 


MRS.   J.   C.   LANNING. 

Tom  Leong.  I  think  that  this  disease  would  have  taken  the  form  of 
appendicitis  if  it  had  continued.  But  an  ointment,  used  in  the  rec- 
tum, drew  the  poisons  from  the  intestines,  and  the  vermiform  appen- 
dix and  removed  this  danger. 

After  that  I  began  to  gain  strength  very  rapidly.  I  now  appear 
to  be,  and  feel  that  I  am,  as  well  as  anyone,  having  a  degree  of  health 
and  of  pleasure  in  life  such  as  I  had  not  known  for  many  years. 

I  am  as  thoroughly  convinced  as  I  am  of  anything  that  I  should 
have  died  within  a  month  if  I  had  not  been  fortunate  enough  to  hear 
of  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  from  a  person  who  had  every 
confidence  in  them,  as  a  result  of  her  own  experience.  My  own  case 


286  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

has  given  me  equal  confidence,  and  I  hope  that  this  statement  may 
be  of  benefit  to  others  by  pointing  out  the  way  to  health.  I  wish  to 
add  to  this  statement  the  fact  that  I  have  always  found  T.  Foo  Yuen 
and  his  associates  perfect  gentlemen  in  every  sense  of  the  word, 
always  considerate  and  polite  in  their  conduct  towards  their  patients, 
and  men  of  honor,  refinement  and  dignity. 

MRS.  J.  C.  LANNING. 


Mrs.  Henrietta  Cowan,  of  this  city,  wife  of  a  physician,  had  been 
afflicted  for  two  years  with  the  third  form  of  this  disorder  as  des- 
cribed above.  She  was  cured  by  our  herbal  remedies  and  has  written 
us  a  very  appreciative  letter  describing  her  symptoms  and  the  results 
of  her  use  of  the  remedies  suggested  by  us.  This  letter  is  as  follows: 

No.  933  Bellevue  Avenue, 
LOS  ANGELES,  Cal.,  Dec.  10.  1901. 
To  Whojn  It  May  Concern : 

I  wish  to  make  a  voluntary  statement  of  my  experience  of  Dr. 
T.  Foo  Yuen's  treatment  in  my  case,  for  the  benefit  of  those  who 
may  be  similarly  afflicted.  I  had  been  ill  with  chronic  diarrhoea  for 
two  years;  had  to  diet  all  the  time,  there  being  only  a  few  kinds  of 
food  that  I  could  eat,  and  I  received  but  little  nourishment  from  any- 
thing. 

As  a  consequence  my  blood  was  very  poor  and  my  system  in  a 
run-down  and  debilitated  condition.  I  had  been  under  treatment  from 
a  number  of  our  best  physicians  with  no  apparent  benefit.  There 
was  some  temporary  relief  but  it  seemed  as  if  I  was  always  taking 
one  step  forward  and  two  steps  backward  until  I  finally  despaired. 
Having  heard  about  Dr.  Foo  from  a  lady  whom  he  had  cured,  after 
her  case  had  been  pronounced  incurable  by  six  of  our  best  physicians, 
I  went  to  him  and  without  my  telling  him  a  word  about  my  ailment, 
he  told  me  that  I  had  inflammation  in  the  stomach  and  a  catarrhal 
condition  of  the  system;  that  I  had  had  malaria  for  a  long  time;  he 
described  the  discomfort  under  which  I  constantly  labored;  the  pain 
and  rumbling  in  the  bowels  particularly  on  my  right  side,  and  similar 
symptoms,  and  described  my  condition  more  fully  than  I  could  have 
described  it  myself.  This  diagnosis  by  the  pulse  fully  decided  me  in 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  287 

favor  of  taking  a  test  treatment  of  two  weeks.  For  I  thought  that  a 
doctor  who  could  tell  in  that  way  the  exact  nature  of  the  disease  was 
certainly  the  one  who  would  know  the  best  remedies  to  use  in  its 
cure. 

Dr.  Foo  has  since  told  me  that  my  condition  was  one  which 
frequently  leads  us  to  the  serious  and  usually  incurable  malady 
known  as  appendicitis,  from  which  we  hear  of  so  many  deaths  now- 
adays. Our  American  doctors  do  not  give  it  this  name  until  it  involves 
the  vermiform  appendix  and  when  it  reaches  that  stage  it  is  usually 
beyond  remedy.  I  was  fortunate  in  checking  the  trouble  before  it 
had  gone  so  far  as  that  for  I  experienced  a  benefit  from  the  first  dose 
of  Dr.  Foo's  herbal  remedies,  and,  before  the  two  weeks  were  up,  I 
had  decided  to  continue.  I  have  now  taken  the  herbs  four  and  a  half 
months,  the  time  set  by  Dr.  Foo,  in  the  first  place,  as  necessary  to 
complete  a  cure,  and  have  been  so  greatly  improved  that  I  feel  like 
a  new  creature  and  find  difficulty  in  fully  expressing  my  gratitude. 
It  certainly  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  add  this  testimonial  to  the 
many  which  Dr.  Foo  has  received  from  others  of  his  patrons. 

One  point  which  impressed  me  greatly  in  favor  of  the  herbal 
remedies  is  that  they  have  accomplished  a  cure  with  so  little  dis- 
turbance to  the  system  in  general.  Their  action  is  so  gentle,  and, 
at  the  same  time,  so  searching  that  I  feel  as  if  they  have  removed 
my  whole  body  and  yet  I  have  been  able  to  do  more  work  while 
taking  ihem  than  at  any  time  for  two  years.  I  have  been  asked 
whether  I  had  to  take  lizards,  toads,  bugs,  beetles,  etc.,  and  I  wish 
to  say,  in  regard  to  this  absurd  impression,  that  these  herbs  are  the 
cleanest  and  most  daintily  prepared  remedies  I  ever  saw.  It  is  true 
that  their  taste  is  often  bitter  and  the  dose  seems  large,  but  a  great 
relief,  nevertheless,  from  the  "every  hour"  or  "four  times  a  day" 
directions  of  our  own  doctors. 

I  suppose  that  there  may  be  Chinese  quack  so-called  doctors  who 
use  bugs  and  lizards  in  their  alleged  prescriptions,  but  that  Dr.  Foo 
would  use  anything  of  this  sort  is  simply  preposterous.  I  always 
found  him  an  amiable,  refined  and  courteous  gentleman,  charitable 
and  kind  to  all  alike.  I  wish  him  long  life  and  prosperity,  for  his 
life  is,  every  day,  a  blessing  to  the  sick. 

MRS.  HENRIETTA  COWAN. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 
The  following  letter  also  bears  on  this  subject: 
CURE  OF  CATARRH   AND  THREATENED  APPENDICITIS. 

OLIVE,  Orange  Co.,  Cal.,  Dec.  1,  1901. 
The  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.: 

Gentlemen:     I  had  been  troubled  with  catarrh  for  several  years, 
which  had  reached  a  stage  whicn,  as  I  am  told,  often  poisons  the 


BELLE   CARPENTER. 

system  and  leads  to  appendicitis.  After  hearing  of  the  cures  accom- 
plished by  the  Foo  and  Wing  Herb  Company  I  decided  to  go  and  see 
them.  I  was  greatly  surprised  when  I  received  a  correct  diagnosis 
of  my  case  by  the  pulse  alone  and  without  the  asking  of  a  question. 
From  that  time  I  had  a  great  desire  to  take  the  treatment. 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  289 

I  find  that  these  remedies  are  very  searching  and  purifying  to 
the  blood  and  also  invigorating  to  the  whole  system.  I  know  person- 
ally of  many,  besides  myself,  who  have  received  great  benefit  from 
them.  I  believe  that  these  methods  of  treatment  are  far  superior 
to  those  of  our  own  physicians  and  the  remedies  are  administered 
in  a  much  gentler  manner  than  our  own.  There  is  one  great  advan- 
tage in  using  these  pure  herbs,  namely,  that  they  do  not  have  the 
poisoning  effect  upon  the  system  that  many  of  the  minerals  admin- 
istered by  our  own  home  physicians  have.  I  can  truly  say  that  I 
believe  that  T.  Foo  Yuen,  president  of  this  company,  has  done  more 
for  me  than  any  physician  I  know  of  could  have  done  and  my  grati- 
tude to  him  is  unbounded. 

I  consider  him  a  highly  educated  gentleman  and  can  gladly  recom- 
mend him  to  those  needing  medical  assistance. 

Yours  truly,  BELLE  CARPENTER. 


SACRED    LILY    OF    CHINA. 


290  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

LEGEND  OF  THE  SACRED  LILY  OF  CHINA, 


The  Symbol  of  Peace,  Good  Will  and  Happiness  Among  the  Chinese- 
Story  of  Its  Origin— Traditions  Allied  to  the  Teachings  of  Chris- 
tianity—How Good  Deeds  Brought  Their  Reward  and  Conferred 
Prosperity  Upon  a  Deserving  Family. 

The  Chinese  New  Year  is  the  time  of  universal  peace  and  good- 
will among  all  who  owe  allegiance  to  the  Flowery  Kingdom,  whether 
they  are  living  in  their  native  land  or  are  scattered  among  foreign 
peoples.  The  Sacred  Lily  of  China  is  a  conspicuous  feature  of  all 
celebrations  of  this  holiday  season,  of  all  festivities  and  of  all  relig- 
ious ceremonies.  I  intend  to  describe  the  origin  of  this  wonderful 
flower.  It  is  a  monopoly  of  the  Cum  Ying  Fong  family,  of  the  coun- 
try of  Chong  Chow  and  the  state  of  Foo-chien.  Many  years  ago  Cum 
Ying  Fong  was  only  a  man's  name,  but  it  is  now  the  name  of  a  great 
and  wealthy  corporation  or  company.  The  Sacred  Lily  grows  in  only 
one  place,  where  it  has  been  growing  for  the  last  500  years.  Before 
that  time  this  flower  was  never  seen.  It  has  no  seed,  but  grows  from 
the  atmosphere. 

Now  the  place  where  these  lilies  grow  is  a  large  piece  of  very 
stony  ground,  which  spreads  out  below  the  mouth  of  a  canyon  in  the 
mountains.  When  the  heavy  rains  come  the  muddy  water  from  the 
mountains  spreads  over  this  piece  of  ground.  When  the  water  sub- 
sides a  thin  layer  of  soil  is  left,  and  after  a  little,  nobody  knows  how 
or  why,  the  lily  bulbs  appear  in  this  soil.  Here  they  are  allowed  to 
grow  for  a  time,  and  then  they  are  gathered  and  sold.  Those  that 
are  to  be  used  at  once  are  placed  in  a  vessel  or  vase  of  water,  usually 
upheld  in  the  dish  by  a  little  pile  of  pebbles.  Then,  without  any 
nourishment  from  the  ground,  but  fed  entirely  by  the  water  and  the 
atmosphere,  first  the  long,  green,  slender  stalks  of  the  plant  appear, 
and  in  a  short  time  buds  follow,  then  there  is  a  mass  of  beautiful  white 
and  gold  lilies  with  a  very  sweet  and  penetrating  odor,  which,  from  a 
single  bunch  of  these  lilies  will  fill  a  large  apartment  with  fragrance. 
Frequently  these  lilies  grow  to  two  feet  or  more,  bud  and  blossom, 
all  within  a  couple  of  weeks.  The  flowers  endure  a  couple  of  weeks 
longer  and  then  gradually  fade  away. 


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But  the  bulbs  may  also  be  kept  a  long  time  and  shipped  to  a  great 
distance  by  a  very  simple  process.  If  it  is  not  desired  to  obtain  the 
flower  at  once,  the  bulbs,  about  the  size  and  something  of  the  shape 
of  an  ordinary  Bermuda  onion,  are  surrounded  with  a  layer  of  plastic 
m'ud,  something  like  adobe,  a  sort  of  clay,  which  is  pressed  firmly 
about  the  bulbs  and  covers  them  completely.  This  casing  of  wax- 
like  clay  is  permitted  to  dry  in  the  sun,  and  becomes  very  hard. 
The  bulb  is  thus  enclosed  in  an  air-tight  coating  and  lies  dormant 
for  a  long  time.  This  covering  of  clay  is  very  hard,  and  the  lilies, 
so  protected,  are  shipped  to  all  parts  of  China,  to  America,  and  to 
other  countries  by  the  hundreds  of  thousands.  When  it  is  desired 
to  grow  the  flower  the  covering  is  broken,  little  slits  or  gashes  are 
made  in  the  bulb  with  a  sharp  knife,  so  that  the  shoots  or  sprouts 
may  the  more  easily  come  into  the  air.  The  bulb  is  placed  in  water 
and  it  soon  sends  forth  its  long,  thread-like  roots  downward  and  the 
thin,  flat,  delicate  lily  leaves  upward  into  the  atmosphere.  These 
broad  leaves  feed  voraciously  upon  the  air  and  the  roots  rapidly 
absorb  the  water.  So  the  quick  growth  and  bloom  of  the  plant  are  the 
result. 

When  the  plant  is  once  blossomed  its  beauty  is  gone  forever. 
The  stalks  may  be  cut  away  and  the  bulb  may  be  placed  in  the 
ground,  where  it  will  grow  after  a  fashion,  but  it  will  not  flower  as 
before.  Neither  will  it  throw  off  shoots,  or  new  bulbs,  from  which 
the  lilies  may  be  grown.  The  mission  of  the  flower  has  been  fulfilled, 
and  its  dies  forever.  Not  until  the  rains  of  another  season  send  a 
new  supply  of  the  tiny  bulbs,  which  grow  nobody  knows  how,  in  only 
one  spot  in  all  the  world,  will  the  splendid  flower  again  smile  upon 
those  who  love  it.  The  Chinese  have  made  it  the  sacred  flower  of 
their  country,  because  of  this  mysterious  origin  and  because  of  its 
great  beauty  and  wonderful  fragrance.  It  is  a  symbol  of  all  life  in  the 
mystery  of  its  birth,  coming,  as  it  does,  from  some  source  which  the 
mind  of  man  cannot  fathom,  and  disappearing  forever  when  it  has 
lived  its  little,  though  beautiful,  life.  For  this  reason  they  regard 
this  flower  with  reverence  and  a  love  that  others  do  not  appreciate 
unless  they  understand  the  circumstances. 

Every  year,  about  September,  there  is  a  big  rainstorm  and  then 
the  water  from  the  mountain  runs  down  into  the  stony  ground  of  the 
Cum  Ying  Fong  farm.  Here  this  flower  originated  in  a  mysterious 
way,  being  a  present  from  the  God  to  a  good  man,  and  I  shall  tell  you 


292  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

how  this  came  about.  Five  hundred  years  ago 'Cum  Fing  Fong,  a 
good  man,  was  a  citizen  of  the  county  of  Chong  Chow,  state  of  Foo- 
chien.  When  he  was  very  young  his  father  died,  and  he  was  very 
dutiful  to  his  mother.  He  had  an  elder  brother  named  Cum  Ti  Fong. 
The  family  was  fairly  prosperous.  Ying  Fong  did  not  look  very 
smart,  but  he  was  a  great  student  and  fond  of  books,  and  had  more 
power  than  common  in  his  mind.  He  was  very  glad  to  see  the 
Chinese  "Book  of  the  Good  Doctrine,"  which  is  like  the  Bible,  and 
Ying  Fong  was  a  good  Christian,  as  his  book  taught  him  to  be. 

After  eighteen  years  his  mother  died,  and  the  property  was 
divided  between  Ying  Fong  and  his  brother  Ti  Fong.  The  brother 
said  that  the  property  should  be  divided  into  two  parts,  and  wrote 
numbers  on  two  pieces  of  paper,  and  put  them  in  a  tube.  Each  was 
to  draw  a  number,  which  was  to  tell  which  half  of  the  property  he 
should  have.  But  the  brother  wrote  the  same  thing  on  two  papers, 
each  indicating  the  stony  part  of  the  farm.  Then  he  wrote  a  paper 
for  the  good  part  of  the  properuy,  and  put  it  up  his  sleeve.  Ying 
Fong  drew  a  paper  from  the  tube  which  gave  him  the  stony  part,  and 
Ti  Fong  brought  the  paper  from  his  sleeve  which  gave  him  the  good 
part.  But  Ying  Fong  was  generous  and  did  not  doubt  his  brother. 
So  he  took  the  stony  ground  and  was  happy  just  the  same.  But  all 
the  good  property  belonged  to  the  brother  by  the  number  which  he 
had. 

So  Ti  Fong  became  rich,  but  Ying  Fong  could  not  make  money 
from  the  stony  land,  and  he  became  poor  after  that.  Then  a  friend 
explained  to  him  the  trick  that  his  brother  had  played,  and  tried  to 
have  him  cause  the  brother  to  be  arrested,  but  Ying  Fong  said  that 
he  would  not  do  so,  and  said:  "I  saw  my  mother  when  she  was 
living;  she  allowed  him  everything,  and  when  my  brother  would  do 
some  little  bad  thing  she  loved  him  still  and  was  very  good  to  him. 
I  want  to  be  of  the  same  heart  and  mind  as  my  mother."  So  he  let 
the  brother  go  as  before.  And  when  the  New  Year  or  any  holiday 
or  birthday  came  he  gave  his  brother  many  good  presents  and  said 
that  it  was  good,  when  his  father  and  mother  were  dead,  to  see  his 
brother  still  living.  The  natural  love  he  had  for  his  brother  was 
like  the  love  of  a  child  for  its  mother. 

When  Ti  Fong  saw  that  his  brother  was  so  good  to  him  his  heart 
was  changed  to  love  him  and  to  give  him  some  money,  but  his  wife, 
Mrs.  Ti  Fong,  stopped  him  and  said:  "Your  brother,  Ying  Yong,  is  ig- 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  293 

norant  and  he  has  no  mind  for  earning  money.  You  cannot  tell  him 
how  to  earn  money,  but  let  him  try  to  earn  money  all  the  time.  His 
family  is  too  big.  You  can  help  him  a  short  time,  you  cannot  help  him 
all  the  time."  So  the  woman,  by  her  smart  tongue,  changed  her 
husband's  mind,  and  he  did  not  try  to  help  his  brother. 

But  Ying  Fong  worked  for  other  men  and  was  very  honest. 
Everybody  liked  him  and  paid  him  higher  wages  than  common,  and 
when  he  earned  money  he  tried  to  help  the  poor  and  the  sick  people 
all  the  time.  He  had  married  when  twenty  years  old  a  good  wife, 
good  natured,  very  kind  and  as  good  as  he  was.  And  ten  years  after 
his  marriage,  one  September,  he  took  cold.  And  he  had  a  high  fever 
and  could  not  work. 

And  after  the  sickness  was  better  he  was  lame  so  long  that  he 
could  not  make  money,  and  the  food  was  all  gone,  because  he  had 
all  the  time  tried  to  help  the  poor  people  and  had  not  tried  to  keep 
his  money.  He  had  three  children,  two  sons  and  a  girl,  who  were 
crying  from  hunger.  His  wife  tried  to  cook  sweet  potatoes  for  the 
children,  and  he  and  his  wife  ate  very  little  and  let  the  children  eat 
more,  and  his  wife  said:  "Before  this  you  helped  the  poor  people. 
Now  you  are  hungry,  who  will  help  you?"  And  Ying  Fong  said: 
"I  see  that  my  children  are  much  smarter  than  common,  and  that 
makes  me  so  happy  that  I  forget  my  hunger;  only  it  is  hard  for  you 
to  stand  being  hungry,  and  I  am  sorry  for  you."  And  his  wife 
laughed  and  said:  "I  was  only  talking  fun  for  you.  You  can  be  happy 
even  in  hard  times.  I  am  very  glad  that  you  can,  and  I  am  happy 
too." 

While  they  were  still  speaking  the  sun  shone,  and  Ying  Fong  went 
to  the  stony  field  to  find  some  wild  vegetables  to  eat,  and  he  saw  his 
stony  ground  full  of  lily  bulbs.  At  that  time  he  had  never  seen  this 
kind  of  flower  before,  and  did  not  know  what  kind  it  was.  So  he 
took  plenty  of  the  bulbs  to  carry  home,  and  told  his  wife  to  try  to 
cook  them.  But  his  wife  said:  "You  do  not  understand  what  kind  of 
nature  there  is  to  that.  You  keep  that  and  see  what  grows  from  it. 
It  is  not  good  to  eat."  Ying  Fong  started  to  find  some  wild  vegetables 
again,  but  his  wife  said:  "You  need  not  go  any  more,  for  while  you 
were  gone  away  two  friends  came,  whom  you  helped  once  before 
when  they  were  sick,  and  now  they  have  heard  from  you  and  under- 
stand that  you  are  sick,  and  one  of  them  has  left  some  money  for 
you  to  buy  plenty  of  food  and  meat,"  and  the  whole  family  was  happy. 


294  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

A  month  afterward  the  lilies  were  blooming  and  fragrant,  and 
all  the  family  was  speaking  of  the  very  curious  flower,  and  then  a 
little  six-year-old  girl  came  running  very  early  one  day,  and  said: 
"That  is  a  sacred  flower,  and  the  God  is  very  glad  for  your  good 
conduct,  and  has  given  this  flower  as  a  present  for  you,  and  it  will 
make  you  very  rich,  and  also  you  will  have  everlasting  happiness 
by  and  by  when  you  die."  And  while  she  was  still  speaking  many 
other  children  came  and  said  the  same.  It  seems  that  an  angel  made 
them  say  so,  and  many  people  came  from  all  the  country  round  about 
and  many  of  them  bought  that  kind  of  flower  to  celebrate  the  Happy 
New  Year.  So,  after  several  years,  it  went  all  through  China,  and  Ying 
Fong  became  very  rich. 

Now  Ying  Fong's  brother,  Ti  Fong,  had  been  keeping  a  store  and 
had  lost  all  his  money,  so  that  he  had  to  sell  all  of  his  property,  and 
one  day  Mrs.  Ti  Fong  sent  for  her  husband  and  said:  "Your  brother, 
Ying  Fong,  is  a  man  of  good  conduct  and  the  God  loves  him.  We 
are  of  such  bad  conduct  that  the  God  will  punish  us."  And  Ti  Fong 
answered:  "I  fear  so,  but  I  will  change  my  conduct  to  do  good  acts 
so  that  I  can  get  away  from  the  punishment."  And  his  wife  said: 
"That  is  what  I  thought,"  and  that  night  they  laid  awake  all  night 
talking  about  changing  their  conduct  and  doing  good,  and  early  next 
morning  they  went  to  Ying  Fong  and  embraced  him  and  wept  bit- 
terly, and  said:  "You  do  everything  that  is  good;  you  will  receive 
everlasting  happiness,  but  we  are  sinners  and  surely  will  be  punish- 
ed; now  you  must  find  some  way  to  save  us."  Then  Ying  Fong 
answered:  "The  ordinary  man  when  he  commits  some  sin  does  not 
say  sin.  Now  you  say  that  you  are  sinners  and  you  understand  your 
sin.  That  is  a  good  thing,  a  very  good  thing.  I  cannot  find  a 
better  way  to  tell  you  that  you  are  good  already."  And  Ti  Fong 
said:  "No;  you  must  find  something  to  teach  me."  Then  Ying  Fong 
could  not  answer  him,  but  Mrs.  Ying  Fong  said:  "Shall  I  try  one  way 
to  teach  them?"  And  Ti  Fong  said:  "I  shall  be  very  glad  if  you 
will  say  something  to  me."  Then  Mrs.  Ying  Fong  said:  "Long  ago 
there  was  a  holy  man  who  taught  his  students  to  make  a  book,  with 
many  different  things  in  it  with  regard  to  conduct,  and  many  different 
teachings  as  to  good  acts  and  many  about  bad  acts.  They  were 
divided  into  small,  medium  and  great  things.  The  small  things  were 
represented  by  the  numbers  1,  2,  3,  4,  5;  medium  by  10, 
20,  etc.,  and  the  great  by  100  or  200.  This  book  was  a  Book  of  Good 


FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY  295 

Doctrine,  and  was  called  Gon-go-gaw.  It  makes  different  lessons  for 
different  treatments.  One  was  how  to  treat  the  mother  and  father; 
one  how  the  Emperor  should  treat  his  people,  and  how  the  people 
should  treat  him;  another  how  the  husband  should  treat  his  wife,  and 
the  wife  the  husband;  another  how  to  treat  the  brother  and  the  sister; 
another  how  to  treat  the  friend,  the  merchant,  the  proprietor,  the 
servant,  etc.  He  told  the  students  to  follow  that  book,  and  every 
night  before  going  to  bed  to  take  a  book  and  write  out  how  many 
good  acts  in  that  day  and  how  many  bad  acts  in  that  day,  and  then 
perform  worship  before  the  God  before  going  to  bed.  And  the  first 
year  the  bad  things  came  to  more  than  the  good  things,  and  the 
second  year  the  bad  and  the  good  were  equal,  and  the  third  year  the 
good  acts  were  more  than  the  bad  acts,  and  the  holy  man  said,  'When 
the  good  acts  are  more  than  the  bad  acts,  that  becomes  merit,  and 
then  you  will  get  everlasting  happiness  in  this  way.'  Now  the  book 
is  all  through  the  country  and  everybody  knows  that  you  can  try." 

Then  Mrs.  Ti  Fong  said:  "That  is  a  very  good  way;  thaty  is  a 
new  life  for  me,"  and  she  would  like  to  perform  worship  before  the 
God  right  away,  and  would  like  to  commence  that  day  to  begin  to 
follow  that  book,  but  Ying  Fong  said:  "Man's  duty  is  to  do  all  good. 
We  cannot  call  a  partial  doing  merit.  The  holy  man  knows  that, 
but  this  way  makes  easy  steps  for  the  beginner,  and  after  that  Ti 
Fong's  conduct  became  very  good.  When  he  was  bad  he  had  been 
more  bad  than  common,  but  when  he  was  good  he  was  more  good 
than  common,  because  he  had  the  more  power  in  his  nature,  and  all 
the  surrounding  country  afterward  became  Christian  and  the  jail 
was  empty  all  the  time. 

And  after  that  Ying  Fong  prospered  and  his  children  and  his 
children's  children,  for  he  had  more  than  a  thousand  descendants 
after  him. 

And  from  these  came  many  high  judges  and  wise  men,  more  than 
in  any  other  country,  and  every  year  they  divided  the  flower  money. 
There  was  not  one  poor  man  among  them;  all  were  rich.  Thus  the 
goodness  of  one  man  brought  him  and  his  descendants  for  so  long  a 
time  such  great  happiness. 


296  FOO  &  WING  HERB  COMPANY 

REMARKS    ON    THE    FOREGOING    BY    DR.    FOO. 

Such  is  the  story  of  the  Sacred  Lily  -of  China,  which  teaches  us 
many  lessons.  When  Cum  Ying  Fong,  a  poor  man,  helped  the  people 
he  was  so  poor  that  he  could  not  do  much.  How  is  it  that  the  good 
acts  of  one  man  made  the  whole  family  to  become  happy,  so  that 
now  more  than  one  thousand  descendants  altogether  receive  benefit, 
besides  their  everlasting  happiness  in  heaven?  I  am  just  talking  of 
what  people  can  see.  It  seems  strange  that  the  good  acts  of  one  man 
for  a  short  time  should  bring  so  much  benefit  for  a  long  time.  But  I 
think  that  the  seed  of  happiness  is  like  the  seed  of  a  fruit — like  the 
apple,  for  instance.  An  apple  seed  is  a  very  light  thing,  but  in  a 
single  seed  I  can  see  many  branches,  many  leaves,  many  flowers  and 
much  fruit.  But  if  I  talk  of  all  these  things  in  the  seed  everybody 
will  laugh  and  say:  "That  man  talks  too  big  for  that  little  seed; 
that  man  is  crazy."  But  when  I  put  that  seed  into  the  good  ground  I 
need  not  wait  so  long  as  len  years,  when  there  is  a  fine  young  tree,  and 
soon  after  there  are  many  branches  and  many  leaves,  and  nice  fruit 
hangs  upon  the  branches.  Then,  in  a  few  years  more,  the  branches 
and  leaves  are  more  plentiful,  and  there  is  more  fruit,  and  the  people 
who  pass  by  that  tree  say:  "That's  a  good  apple;"  the  children  love 
that  tree,  and  say,  "Good  apples,"  and  present  those  apples  to  their 
friends;  their  good  friends  say:  "Oh,  that's  a  good  apple,"  and  it 
is  sold  in  the  store,  and  the  customers  say,  "Good  apples."  The  tree 
not  only  furnishes  fruit  for  me,  but  all  the  family  is  furnished,  not 
only  for  a  short  time,  but  for  many  years,  and  they  all  remember  when 
the  seed  was  very  small  and  not  put  into  the  ground.  But  afterward 
it  produced  so  much  fruit  and  was  of  much  benefit.  And  I  think 
that  the  seed  of  happiness  is  just  the  same,  and  I  am  willing  that  the 
educated  man,  who  knows  the  way  to  happiness,  should  teach  me  and 
many  different  teachings  as  to  good  acts  and  many  about  bad  acts. 


INDEX 


A, 

Abscesses,   cancers,   etc.,   cures 208 

Abscesses,  womb,  bowels,   cured 158 

Advantages  of  Oriental  medicine 106 

Air  in  sleeping  room 79 

Anatomy,  Chinese  system  of 121 

Appendicitis,  first  principles  of  cure 283 

Appendicitis,   seed   lodging  theory    282 

Appendicitis,    suggestions    for   those   fearing 278 

Appendicitis,  three  forms    280 

Appendicitis,  testimonials  of  cures 283 

Arrowroot    50 

Arrowroot  blanc  mange  49 

Asthma  and  bronchitis  cured 196 

Asthma,  cause  and  cure   190 

Asthma,  testimonials  of  cures   193-197 

B. 

Back  and  chest  exercise  83-85 

Baffled  the  best  doctors    262 

Barley  water   46 

Bathing  and  rubbing  77 

Beef  juice,    essence    47 

Beef  tea — with  oatmeal   48 

Biliousness  and  headache  cured 157 

Bills  of  fare,  Nos.  1,  2  and  3 .  .20-23 


Body,  composition  of  58-63 

Body,  analogous  to  engine   62 

Brain    exercise    84 

Brain  fever  and  other  ailments  cured  245 

Breathing    exercise    78 

Bright's  disease,  diet  37 

Bronchitis  and   indigestion  cured    231 

Broth,  chicken,  mutton,  veal    48 

Broth,  Scotch  beef 50 

Burns  and  scalds,  treatment  82 


C. 


Cancers,  abscesses  and  similar  diseases   208 

Cancer  of  bowels  cured   212 

Cancer  of  breast  cured  214 

Catarrh  cured  220,  288 

Catarrh  and  lung  trouble  cured   222 

Catarrh,  piles,  sore  eyes,  cured 249 

Catarrhal  deafness  cured 222 

Caution  to  patients   74 

Chart  of  the  twelve  pulse  147 

Chest   exercise    83 

Chills   and   fever    182 

Chinese  medical  book,  fac  simile  of  page   142 

Chronic  sufferers,  benefit   72 

Cold  and  cough  of  two  years,  cured 175 

Cold,  difficulty  of  a  cure  of  a 169 

Cold,  how  to  cure  a 168 

Colds,  atmospheric  influences 170 

Colds,  guard  against  79 

Colds,   improper  treatment  aggravates ' 170 

Colds,  predisposition 169 

Colds,  try  a  rational  remedy  171 

College  of  Oriental  Medicine 101-104 

Cooking,  some  points  on 51 

Complication  of  disorders  cured 250 

Constipation,   chronic,  diet  in 39 

Constipation,  remedy  for   81 

Consumption   averted    206 

Consumption   and   hemorrhages,   twelve   causes   of 198 


Consumptive  cough  cured   162 

Cure  of  a  famous  artist 230 


D. 

Diseases,  cause  and  origin  of 126 

Diet  in  anaemia  and  chlorosis  36 

Diet  in  acute  rheumatism   40 

Diet  in  Bright's  disease 37 

Diet  in  bronchitis  and  asthma 36 

Diet  in  certain  diseases  29 

Diet  in  chronic  rheumatism 41 

Diet  in   constipation    39 

Diet  in  diabetes  mellitus 41 

Diet  in  diarrhoea . 38 

Diet  in    diphtheria 34 

Diet  in  dyspepsia 38 

Diet  in  eczema 39 

Diet  in  fever  cases    31 

Diet  in  general  suggestions 23 

Diet  in  gonorrhea 37 

Diet  in  health   56 

Diet  in  hemorrhoids 39 

Diet  in  influenza  and  la  grippe 34 

Diet  for  leaness 40 

Diet  in  malarial  fevers   34 

Diet  in  measles 34 

Diet  in   obesity 40 

Diet  in  pneumonia 36 

Diet  in  quinsy    37 

Diet  in  scarlet  fever 34 

Diet  in  tonsilitis 37 

Diet  in  tuberculosis   .' 35 

Diet  in  typhoid  fever 33 

Difference  between  this  system  and  others 72 

Digestion  and  nutrition . 124 

Diploma,  Tom  Foo  Yuen's 88 

Diphtheria  attack  avoided 252 

Dishes  for  invalids    41 

Drink,  evils  of ....  269 

Drink  habit,   diagnosis   of 272 

Drink  habit,  T.  Foo  Yuen's  analysis  of , 270 


Drink,    milk  and   cinnamon    48 

Drink,  as  to  things  to 24 

Drinks    22 

E. 

Eczema,    discussion   of 216 

Eczema   cured    219 

Eggnog    49 

Egg  timbales    45 

Eggs,  to  cook 45 

Emotions,   effects  of  the 127 

Exercises,   easy,   but  useful 83 

Exercise  for  the  back 85 

Exercise  for  the  brain 84 

Exercise  for  the   chest 83 

Exercise   for   the    eyes 83 

Exercise  for  the  heart    83 

Exercise  for  the  lungs 84 

Exercise  for  the  nerves  84 

Exercise  for  the  nerves  and  pulse 83 

Exercise  for  the  stomach  and  assist  digestion 83 

Exercise  the  stomach  and  lower  extremities 84 

Eye,   cataract    cured 268 

Eye,  diseases  of  the 263 

Eye,  sight  saved   266 

Eye,  speedy  cure  of 265 

Eyes,  sore,    cured 249 

Eye  wash 82 

F. 

Fish,  proper  way  to  cook  56 

Food,  amount  required  by  man 65 

Food,  best  to  use 67 

Foods    from    China 70 

Foods    of   the    future 69 

Food,  substances  that  can  be  used  as 64 

Food,  uses  in  human  body 56 

Food  values  compared 68 

Food  value  of  tea 27 

Fresh  air  in  sleeping  rooms 79 

Functions  of  the  five  vital  organs 122 


G. 

Great  benefits   to  Americans 105 

Growing  old   early 183 

Guard   against   colds    79 

H, 

Habit,  the  curse  of 269 

Hallowell,  W.  A.,  Jr.,  testimonial 229 

Herbal    remedies 135 

Herbal  remedies,   action  of 138 

Herbal  remedies  for  women 150 

Herbal  remedies  prepared    137 

Healing,    four   methods    of 128 

Heart     . 123 

Heart  and  stomach  trouble  cured 233 

Hemorrhages,   notable   cure  of 202 

Hendren,   Mrs.,   testimonial   of 251 

Home,  first  in  Los  Angeles 113 

Home,  second  in  Los  Angeles 114 

How  to  keep  well .t 237 

Humphrey,  Clara,  story  of 208 


Imperial   Medical  College 131 

Information  for  patrons   and  inquirers 72 

Injuries  to  bone  cured   261 

Inflammatory  rheumatism  cured 239-241 

Introduction 5 

K. 

Kidneys     , 124 

Kidney  and  bladder  troubles  cured. 228 

Kidney,  liver  and  lung  trouble  relieved 203 

Klondike,  a  voice  from  the 165 

L. 

La  Grippe  cures    174-175 

Laws  regulating  the  profession 132 

Lemonade    47 

Letter  of  a  well-known  business  man 228 

Lily  of  China,  legend  of  the  sacred 290 


Lime  water „ 49 

Liquor  habit  considered    269 

Liquor  habit,  no  cases  too  severe 274 

Liquor  habit,  testimonial 273 

Los  Angeles,  from  a  prominent  citizen  of 225 

Loss  of  leg  threatened,  but  cured. . 261 

Lung  trouble  cured 201 

M. 

Malaria  and   climate    183 

Malaria,    complications    from 186 

Malaria,  typical   cases    184 

Malarial   poisoning    180 

Malarial  poisoning,  three  forms  of 181 

Meat,    extracts    54 

Medicine  versus  surgery  254 

Medical  history  in  China   129 

Milk  punch    49 

Mitral  stenosis   relieved 235 

Moody,   G.   W.,   testimonial    109 

Morphine  habit  cured   , 224 

Mulled    wine    47 

Mushes,  nutritious   way   to   prepare. 46 

N. 

Nervous  prostration  cured  163 

Neuralgia  cured   105,  244 

Nutrition  and  digestion   124 

O. 

Oatmeal   gruel    50 

Operation    spared    in   bone    cancer . .  267 

Oriental    Medical    College 104 

Oriental  medicine's  advantages   106 

Oriental   medicine,    concise    discussion   of 236 

Oriental  medicine,  some  topics  from  121 

Oriental  system,  compared  with  others . . 217 

Otis,  Mrs.  Eliza  A.,  testimonial   162 

P. 

Patients,    caution  to    74 


Patient,  from  a  distance  223 

Paralysis    cured   185,  188,  227 

Patrons'  general  letter  of  confidence 110 

Physicians,  lack  of  good  ones  in  China 133 

Physician's    experience    226 

Piles,  cause  and  cure 246 

Piles  and  other  troubles  cured  249 

Pimples   removed    163 

Pneumonia  cured    176 

Points  to  be  observed  76 

Protein  denned    65 

Pulse  chart    147 

Punch,   milk    49 

R. 

Relief  of  a  difficult  case  242 

Relieved  by  this  system   232 

Remarkable  cure  of  spine   259 

Remedies,  some  handy 80 

Remedies,  herbal,  how  to  secure   275 

Rheumatic  pain  remedy   81 

Rice  and   apple    43 

Rice    cream    43 

Rice,  directions  for  cooking  43 

Rice  gruel 42 

Rice  water    42 

Rubbing  an  1  bathing   77 

Rupture  and  other  troubles  cured   223 

S. 

Scalds  and  burns,  treatment   82 

Scrofula    cured    227 

Sciatica  cured 241 

Serious   case  made  well    234 

Shoulder  dislocated  relieved   260 

Skin  diseases,  remedy  for   81 

Sleep,  the  question  of   125 

Sleeping  room,  fresh  air  in 79 

Spleen 123 

Statement  of  a  remarkable  case    .  173 


Steaming,  the  best  way  to  cook  meats 54 

Stewing,  some  points  on  53 

Stomach  ache  cure   82 

Stomach  trouble  cured  159,  179 

Stricture  relieved  215 

Soups    54 

System,  convinced  of  the  merits  of  the 177 

T. 

Thirst  to  quench    81 

Throat,  cure  of  chronic  sore   177 

Throat  troubles  cured   253 

Tom  Foo  Yuen's  biography   92 

Tom  Foo   Yuen,   certificates 86-91 

Tom  Foo  Yuen's  diploma   88 

Tom  Foo  Yuen,  esteem  for   187 

Tom  Foo  Yuen,  gifts  to   275 

Tom  Foo  Yuen,  portrait  of  92 

Tom  Foo  Yuen,  sketch  of   87 

Tom  Leong  certificates    119,  120 

Tom  Leong,  portrait  of   116 

Tom  Leong,  sketch  of  115 

Treatment  found  beneficial 178 

Typhoid  fever  testimonial   172 


V. 

Vermiform  appendix,  function  of  279 

Vivisection  among  the  Chinese 139 


W. 

Wash  for  the  eye    82 

Werth,  Mrs.  M.  D.,  testimonial  243 

Whiskey  hurts  blood  and  brain  271 

Wine,   mulled    47 

Womb  trouble  cured 158,  164 

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